Who Owns DPR Construction?

The brand began with a resignation. In 1989 Doug Woods was told he would never lead the firm where he had spent fifteen years. He recruited coworkers Peter Nosler and Ronald Davidowski, and in July 1990 the three pooled $750,000 and launched DPR in Redwood City, California. The name is their initials.

From the start the founders removed job titles, tied pay to performance, and made the company employee owned. A 1992 strategy session with management thinker Jim Collins produced four core values, integrity, enjoyment, uniqueness, and ever forward, and a mission to be a truly great construction company by 2000.

Revenue hit $1 billion in 1998, two years early. Growth came from Silicon Valley's expansion: cleanrooms for Rockwell International, hospitals, biotech plants, and data centers for eBay and Facebook. The brand built its reputation on technically complex projects rather than commodity work.

The 2020s pushed the brand further into vertical integration and prefabrication. In February 2026 DPR opened its new 113,702-square-foot Santa Clara headquarters, consolidating its Redwood City, San Jose, and self-perform operations into a campus that doubles Bay Area prefabrication capacity. The company closed 2025 with a record $14.1 billion in revenue.