Mark Rawlings Biography

Mark Rawlings is from a family of pioneers in construction-related endeavors. In the early 20th Century his Great-Grandfather owned and operated East Texas Sawmills and a Lumberyard for which Mark’s Grandfather was the bookkeeper. Mark’s Father went to the Lumberyard office every day after school where he observed entrepreneurial skills as the family business expanded through utilizing the raw materials to build houses, which not only was profitable but provided many jobs in the community.

As a youngster, Mark began learning the trades helping maintain and remodel his family’s rental properties and building custom homes alongside his Father. His Father felt it was important that he learn all aspects of the building process and made sure that the tasks assigned ensured such a balance.

During college Mark resumed remodeling homes and eventually found his niche specializing in remodeling for the hospitality Industry, focusing on restaurants and bars, particularly those involving restorations in Historic Buildings.

In 1998 Mark joined HHCC in the restoration of the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas. With this melding, HHCC’s path was slightly altered, and the focus on the hotel and hospitality industry was forged. Mark went from Project Manager to Vice President and eventually Managing Partner of the business.

HHCC was founded in 1989 by Bill Fowler. At the company’s inception the acronym stood for Health, Home, and Commercial Construction. Bill had spent the years leading up to founding HHCC in building health-care facilities all over Texas, as well as remodeling homes and doing commercial construction. With a new path came a new acronym. HHCC now stands for Hotel and Hospitality Construction and Consulting.

Mark specializes in designing/building projects and assists in steering design teams through the processes. Having a practical knowledge of how the building systems should operate and integrate with one another, what types of systems ultimately will be in the best interest of the building, and the staff who will be charged with maintaining it are just some of the aspects taken into consideration.