PROTECS Celebrates 20 Years of Design-Build Excellence
Two Decades of Delivering Facilities for Leading Life Sciences and Hi-tech Companies
Plymouth Meeting, PA, June 19, 2025 – PROTECS, a proven leader in design-build construction management for high-tech regulated market sectors, proudly marks its 20th anniversary of delivering innovative solutions for complex facility projects in a collaborative design-build manner to improve lives and power the world.
Over the last two decades PROTECS has radically transformed the speed, cost effectiveness and quality of project delivery utilizing its Leveraged Design-Build model, and the company has built a trusted reputation with leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, university/healthcare, food and beverage, semiconductor and nanotechnology clients throughout the United States. Since first opening its doors in 2005 from a small office with 3 employees, PROTECS has grown to now operate five U.S. offices located in Plymouth Meeting, PA, Newark, DE, Bridgewater, NJ, Raleigh, NC and Salt Lake City, UT with over 35 employees.
“Our growth is dependent on our clients’ success,” said Chris DiPaolo, CEO and Founder of PROTECS. “We operate with the mentality that we are not successful unless our clients are successful in meeting strategic goals and objectives for their facility. We are dedicated to acting with integrity on every project no matter the size, which is how we can guarantee performance, conformance, compliance, time to market and cost on our design-build projects.”
Coinciding with this major business milestone, PROTECS announces the relocation of its corporate headquarters to 5165 Campus Drive in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Situated near key transportation routes, including 276, 476, and the NE Extension, this prime headquarters location adds to PROTECS’ real estate development portfolio since opening its first Innovation Center back in 2012. PROTECS Innovation Centers now represent six Centers retaining over 275,000 square feet of R&D and manufacturing infrastructure to support the operations of 15+ innovative tenants in Montgomery and Bucks County PA.
“Back in 2012 I saw a need for the emerging R&D companies to have space to grow, and since there wasn’t existing space available at an affordable price point, I created the spaces for them,” said DiPaolo. Our Innovation Centers support complex regulatory and resource demands while providing life sciences and high-tech companies with their own laboratory, office and/or manufacturing space.”
Over the past 20 years, PROTECS has transformed the design-build landscape with its patented Target Costing® methodology, an approach that offers data-driven project delivery with speed, precision, and cost-certainty and enables PROTECS to act as a single point of contact and accountability for real estate consulting, master planning, site selection, design, construction, commissioning and validation.
From designing and building state-of-the-art centers for cell and gene therapy operations to the most complex semiconductor cleanrooms manufacturing the latest chips and technologies and meeting the stringent compliance regulations of noteworthy contract development and manufacturing organizations providing medicines that improve lives, PROTECS has consistently delivered solutions that not only meet, but exceed expectations.
“Reaching our 20th year is a proud moment filled with gratitude to our robust network of partners and vendors,” said DiPaolo. “We’re excited to begin this next chapter at our new headquarters as we continue shaping the future of facility design and construction management through collaborating with leading experts in the industry.”
PROTECS has a 360-degree view of all the project considerations its clients are faced with to deliver a compliant facility. By PROTECS being a developer, landlord, property and facility manager of high-tech facilities, coupled with its design-build capabilities, PROTECS is uniquely positioned to tackle any project.
“I hope people look at our anniversary and feel inspired. I want our younger generations to realize that anything is possible when you combine an entrepreneurial mindset with talent, collaboration and strategic planning,” said DiPaolo. “We are responsible for building our future and I’m proud of the impact PROTECS has on the life sciences and advanced technology markets.”
Starting with the goal in mind is a critical role in PROTECS’ Leveraged Design-Build approach. As the company celebrates this special milestone, it spends time reflecting on how one founder’s goal to deliver complex spaces while eliminating risk from clients’ shoulders and leveraging the marketplace for the best-in-class partners, is just the beginning of what can be built together next.
About PROTECS
PROTECS is a national, full-service design-build construction management and project management company focused on serving high-tech regulated market sectors. For 20 years, PROTECS has provided clients with a broad range of leveraged services through a collaborative design-build approach by partnering with best-in-class architecture/engineering firms from project inception to occupancy. Through PROTECS’ patented Target Costing® delivery methodology, the company acts as a single point of contact and accountability for real estate consulting, master planning, site selection, design, construction, commissioning and validation. As part of this delivery approach, PROTECS takes on the risk to guarantee performance, conformance, compliance and cost to ensure all its clients’ strategic objectives and goals are met. For more information, please visit www.protecsinc.com.
About PROTECS Innovation Centers
PROTECS Innovation Centers™, totaling over 275,000 square feet of specialized infrastructure, are designed to effectively and efficiently support the operations of companies in life sciences, technology, and advanced manufacturing. Located in Blue Bell, King of Prussia, Warminster, and Plymouth Meeting, these Centers offer secured lab, office, and manufacturing spaces within collaborative environments that encourage innovation and growth. Differentiated by PROTECS’ unique role as developer, landlord, designer, builder, and facility manager, the Innovation Centers represent the company’s full-service capabilities and long-term commitment to empowering companies that power and improve the world. Learn more at www.protecsinc.com/company/protecs-innovation-centers.
