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Partner Profile
| DPR Construction, Inc. | |
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| Location | Redwood City, CA |
| Goal | DPR Construction, Inc. pledges to reduce U.S. GHG emissions by 25 percent per employee from 2007 to 2015. |
| Company Description DPR Construction, Inc. is a forward-thinking national general contractor and construction manager specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects. A privately held, employee-owned company, DPR has grown to more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue, making it one of the largest general contractors in the nation and a "great" story of entrepreneurial success. Founded in 1990, the company cultivates an entrepreneurial, open-office environment based on a well-defined purpose, "We Exist to Build Great Things," and four core values, "integrity, enjoyment, uniqueness, ever forward." On the forefront of high-performance green building, DPR has more than 500 individuals trained in overall sustainability and 196+ Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED(r)) Accredited professionals (the highest percentage on staff among general contractors in the nation). "As a leader in high-performance green building, we help customers as early in the building process as possible to develop the right green vision for their projects based on a project's first cost versus long-term benefits. Our goal as a company and for our customers is to be more environmentally responsible in our business practices and build better buildings-buildings that are better for our communities and our children. After all, to use one of my favorite quotes, we don't inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.'" Ted van der Linden, Director of Sustainable Construction | |
| Reasons for Joining Climate Leaders With a goal for 2010 of having a proven track record of being environmentally responsible in the way we do business, DPR Construction has chosen to team with Climate Leaders to not only reduce our own impact on the environment, but to lead others, by example, toward a higher level of global responsibility. | |