DPR Construction is a commercial
general contractor and
construction management firm based in
Redwood City, California
Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately south of San Francisco, and northwest of San Jose. Redwood City's history spans its earliest inhabitation by the Ohlone people to being a ...
. The
privately-held
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,
employee-owned
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company has 30 offices throughout the
United States
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and specializes in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology/mission-critical, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial office markets. International offices located in Europe and Asia.
History
In July 1990, DPR Construction was co-founded in
Redwood City, California
Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately south of San Francisco, and northwest of San Jose. Redwood City's history spans its earliest inhabitation by the Ohlone people to being a ...
, by Doug Woods, Peter Nosler and Ron Davidowski (the D, the P and the R) with $750,000 of pooled resources. By the end of its first year, DPR had 10 employees.
Among the company's earliest projects were a six-month, $4.5 million tenant-improvement project for Argo Systems in
Sunnyvale, California, which was followed by a $43 million
wafer fabrication
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project for
Rockwell International
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in
Los Angeles, California
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.
In 1992, DPR was awarded its first ground-up project, The Terraces
skilled nursing facility
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. In 1994, DPR Construction was awarded a $43 million
semiconductor fabrication plant
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in
Los Angeles, California
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, for
Rockwell International
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, which launched DPR into a new level of building technical facilities. Many projects followed as DPR began to establish itself as a strong company with expertise in
Building Information Modeling (BIM), sustainable construction, safety and self-perform work, among other specialties.
In 1999, a year before the
U.S. Green Building Council
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(USGBC) launched its
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program, DPR was awarded its first green project: a 110,000-sq.-ft. campus for Aspect Communications, a global provider of unified communications and collaboration services and software. Designed by
William McDonough
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+ Partners and Form4 Architects and completed in 2001, the
headquarters was then touted as the greenest structure in
San Jose, California
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.
In 2003, DPR's Sacramento regional office became the first privately owned LEED-certified building in California's Central Valley.
In 2010, DPR's San Diego regional office became the first commercial building to achieve both LEED-NC Platinum and
net-zero energy status in San Diego.
In April 2013, DPR acquired Atlanta-based Hardin Construction Company LLC. The following month, DPR's LEED-NC Platinum Phoenix regional office became the largest building in the world to achieve
net-zero energy building certification from the International Living Future Institute's Living Building Challenge. Later that year in October, the
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
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Corporate Headquarters built by DPR achieved Net-Zero Energy Building certification from the International Living Future Institute's Living Building Challenge.
In 2014, DPR's San Francisco regional office became the city's first net-zero-energy-designed office building.
Organization
There are approximately 9,000 professional staff and craftworkers in the company.
The company serves customers nationally and internationally through regional offices around the country. DPR has 30 office locations throughout the U.S., international offices in Seoul, South Korea, Singapore, and several in Europe, and is headquartered in
Redwood City, California
Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately south of San Francisco, and northwest of San Jose. Redwood City's history spans its earliest inhabitation by the Ohlone people to being a ...
.
Select award-winning projects
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Arizona State University, McCord Hall at
W. P. Carey School of Business
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Autodesk
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, One Market Customer Briefing Center and Office (
San Francisco, California
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* The
Biodesign Institute
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Arizona State University, Building A and B (
Tempe, Arizona
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Clif Bar
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, Headquarters (
Emeryville, California
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)
* DPR Construction, Net-Zero Energy Phoenix Regional Office (
Phoenix, Arizona
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)
* DPR Construction, Net-Zero Energy San Francisco Regional Office (
San Francisco, California
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David and Lucile Packard Foundation
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, Corporate Headquarters (
Los Altos, California
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Most of the city's growth occurred between 1950 and 1980. Originally ...
)
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eBay
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, Salt Lake City Data Center (
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Facebook
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Forest City, North Carolina
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History
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Facebook
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, Prineville Data Center (
Prineville, Oregon
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Genentech, Oceanside Production Operations (
Oceanside, California)
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Genentech, Cell Culture Plant 2 (CCP-2) (
Vacaville, California
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Library of Congress
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,
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
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Establishment
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Culpeper, Virginia)
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Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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, an affiliate of
Sutter Health
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Sutter Hospital Association was founded in 1921 as a r ...
, Campus: (
Mountain View, California
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)
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Palomar Medical Center, (
Escondido, California
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Sutter Health
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Sutter Hospital Association was founded in 1921 as a r ...
, Eden Medical Center (
Castro Valley, California)
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Tampa International Airport
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, Baggage Claim Renovation and Expansion; Airport Cargo Service Road, Tunnel and Related Work; Main Terminal Modernization (
Tampa, Florida
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UCSF Medical Center
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at Mission Bay (
San Francisco, California
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UCSF Medical Center
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at Parnassus, Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building (
San Francisco, California
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)
References
External links
* {{Official website
The DPR Foundation
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1990
Companies based in Redwood City, California
Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States
1990 establishments in California