Reddico Construction Co history

1916: Company is founded in Detroit by George B. Walbridge and Albert H. Aldinger.

1925: Company builds Ford Motor Company's new Dearborn, Michigan auto plant.

The privately held firm was purchased by John Rakolta in 1945 and is currently headed by his son John, Jr.

1954: Chevrolet Tech Center complex is completed.

John, Jr., started working for the family business following completion of a degree in civil engineering, and in 1975 the 28-year-old began to take the reins from his father, assembling a new management team with John Senior's blessings.

He was named company president in 1979.

1981: Company headquarters is moved from Detroit to neighboring Livonia.

Attempts to develop this area from within were made, but the key event came in 1984 when Walbridge Aldinger purchased a financially troubled Detroit-area commercial contractor named Darin & Armstrong.

In 1989 the company's headquarters were moved back to Detroit when a 100,000-square-foot building was acquired from United States Mutual Savings & Loan, after that company ran out of funds to complete a renovation of the structure.

The DPR story begins in July of 1990.

A significant point in the history of DPR was a meeting in the spring of 1992 with Jim Collins, who was a Stanford professor at the time and now is a management consultant and best-selling author.

In 1993 Walbridge Aldinger was named the construction manager for Chrysler Corporation's newly announced world headquarters, which would be located near the automaker's Technology Center.

In 1994, DPR landed a $43 million wafer fabrication project in Los Angeles for Rockwell International.

1996: Chrysler world headquarters building is finished.

Since 1997, it has continued to rank in the top 50 general contractors in the country.

1998: Company is first United States general contractor to receive ISO 9001 certification.

On May 15, 1999, the company performed the largest continuous concrete pour in history, using 150 concrete trucks carrying 2,333 separate loads.

2000: Work begins on $550 million Compuware headquarters building.

2001: Working with the world’s leading microprocessor manufacturer, DPR completes its biggest project to date—and one of the world’s largest construction projects at the time—in 18 months.

Completion was projected for June 2003.

2004: California Governor Schwarzeneggar awards DPR the Environmental and Economic Leadership Award for its Sacramento office building, the first privately-owned LEED certified building in California’s Central Valley.

2005: The Banner Estrella Medical Center, DPR’s first greenfield hospital, wins top honors in the Modern Healthcare Design Awards.

2006: DPR is featured in “Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win.”

2008: The DPR Foundation is established to help disadvantaged children and, to date, has contributed $8.8 million to organizations across the country.

2009: The Scripps Florida Research Campus project wins Best of the Best in the nation from ENR magazine in the Higher Education/Research category.

In 2010 DPR had grown into a multi-billion-dollar organization with long-standing relationships with some of the world’s most admired companies.

2012: After a year of operation, DPR’s Phoenix office achieves net-zero energy status.

2015: DPR surpasses $3 billion in revenue for the first time.

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