HITT Breaks Ground on DC-Area HQ
Completion is slated for early 2027.
Construction giant HITT Contracting has broken ground on a new headquarters building, a 270,000-square-foot structure in Falls Church, Va., which is part of metro Washington, DC. Completion is slated for early 2027.
Designed by architectural firm Gensler, the six-story building at 7125 W. Falls Station Blvd. will be largely office space for HITT, featuring collaborative work zones, wellness facilities and a 1-acre outdoor terrace. In its vicinity will be more than 55,000 square feet of urban parks, along with a 1,400-square-foot interactive digital experience pavilion designed to be a gathering place for locals.
The ground floor will feature a full-service conference center, café, and access to urban parks. The building’s second floor will feature various employee amenities, collaboration spaces, and access to the roof deck. Four additional floors of offices will also offer workspaces designed with neurodivergence in mind to support a variety of working styles.
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HITT headquarters will also feature a 40,000-square-foot research lab developed in partnership with Virginia Tech’s Coalition for Smart Construction. HITT is a founding partner of the coalition, which is a university and industry collaboration that will engage with federal and state agencies with the goal of driving innovation in the construction sector.
An aerial rendering of HITT Contracting’s new headquarters. All images courtesy of Gensler 
Outside rendering of HITT Contracting new headquarters. The ground floor will feature a full-service conference center, café, and access to urban parks. 
A rendering of the ground floor at HITT Contracting’s new headquarters, where Virginia Tech will occupy 40,000 square feet.
The headquarters will aim to achieve LEED Platinum certification and meet net-zero energy and net-zero carbon goals. Among other features toward that end, the building will be powered by a 100,000-square-foot photovoltaic solar canopy and wind turbines, offsetting all its energy needs.
A HyperWall building envelope system, developed with building composites, will offer a stronger and more efficient construction, HITT notes. Other sustainable elements will include a power over ethernet system for lighting, power and data. Office furniture in the building will be produced from recycled materials from HITT’s 3D printing farm.
Research projects at the new HQ
HITT is one of the 20 largest contractors in the U.S., with 2024 projected revenues of $8.4 billion. The company employs nearly 1,900 workers across 14 office locations and job sites nationwide.
HITT’s R&D division will carry out more than 20 research projects at the new headquarters, according to the company. Notable ventures already in progress, which will continue at the new facility, include the development of a newly patented prefabricated building skin that reduces weight and increases speed to market.
The contractor is also pioneering the first use of the Caracol Heron AM robotic arm installed in the U.S. for 3D printing. That technology is aimed to augment traditional construction methods, as part of a larger effort to use robotics on-site.
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