Cooper Tacia Celebrates First Anniversary in Atlanta with $85 Million in New Business Wins

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Monday, March 17th, 2025

 Cooper Tacia General Contracting Company is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Atlanta office this month as well as a string of business successes in Georgia and the southeast. 

Founded in 2003 by a pair of teenage friends, Cooper Tacia has grown to specialize in client-focused construction management services for a wide range of buildings and facilities throughout the southeast, including commercial, industrial, government, education, and airport and hangar projects.

The Atlanta office, located in the heart of downtown, is Cooper Tacia’s first location outside its headquarters in Raleigh, NC.

“We’re excited to have established a presence in Atlanta, a city experiencing incredible economic growth and offering abundant opportunities in the construction sector,” says Cooper Tacia’s President and Founder John Cooper. “The region’s robust development pipeline makes it the perfect place for us to bring our expertise. Along with our thriving office in Raleigh, this expansion will open doors for us to continue to invest in the southeast and fulfill our clients’ construction needs.”

Heading up the Atlanta office is Executive Vice President and Atlanta Division Manager Scott Stamey (find headshots and other images here). Stamey spearheads the Atlanta office’s industrial and municipal projects including the following recent contract wins, which total $85 million in revenue: 

Cooper Tacia is licensed to work throughout the Southeastern United States, as well as Utah. Locally, the company is active with the Urban Land Institute, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, NAWIC, Atlanta CREW and AIA Southeast. Additionally, the Cooper Charitable Foundation, which provides housing grants to help people access stable housing, is looking to expand to Atlanta next year. You can learn more about the Foundation’s mission and heart-tugging origin story here.

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