
Research & Development
Breaking ground for your groundbreaking research
Understanding
As technology advances at an ever-increasing rate, so do the needs of your facility to stay on the cutting edge. Our comprehensive understanding of R&D systems and their costs lays the foundation for a reliable, time-sensitive build with room for future adaptations—because change is coming, and you want to be prepared when it arrives.
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My experience with DPR has been outstanding. Safety, quality, schedule execution and budget control are key measures that I rate contractors on, and DPR is one of the finest firms. They balance all to a very high level. As a valued team member, DPR engages the owner, architect/engineer and key stakeholders to provide guidance, management and expert direction in a unique and much-appreciated manner.
Jay Comire
Charles River Laboratories
Commitment
Whether you need a clean room, or a heavy chemical R&D environment, DPR has the knowledge and experience to apply advanced ventilation and mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems to keep your scientists and facility safe and your building up to code. Our builders are experts in designing and constructing R&D centers with gas and chemical delivery systems.
No matter where your work falls on the scientific spectrum, the DPR team is committed to helping you turn hypotheses into breakthroughs.
Photo: Penn State University Agricultural and Bio-Engineering Building Renewal

By the Numbers
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation
2020 Commercial Real Estate Awards, Best Medical Project
University of Southern California Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience
2019 Los Angeles Business Journal Commercial Real Estate Awards, Best Medical Project
San Diego County Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory
2019 ENR California, Award of Merit South for Green Project
Shire Quality Control Laboratory
2018 ISPE Facility of the Year Award, Facility Integration
University of Arizona Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building
2017 ENR Southwest Best Projects, Higher Education/Research
California Institute of Technology Jorgensen Laboratory Renovation
2013 USGBC-LA Sustainable Innovation Award
UCSF Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building
2011 National Design-Build Awards, Excellence in Design
DPR is good at what they do. They get done what needs to be done in the specified timeframe. They finished on time, which was like a miracle, considering what everyone needed to go through!
Al Egan
Edwards Lifesciences
Our Experience
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Our specialized laboratory construction expertise provides customers with a seasoned team to plan, coordinate, build and validate projects of all sizes and complexities.
Eli Lilly Tenant Improvement
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To treat the most dangerous infectious diseases, researchers need highly specialized workspaces. DPR brings the same rigorous and meticulous planning to constructing these facilities as the scientists who work in them.
Georgia State University Petit Science Center BSL-3 Lab Renovation
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DPR leads the industry in cleanroom expertise supporting projects ranging from Cell and Gene Therapy single-use clinical trial space built under tight capital constraints to large bulk fermentation facilities for monoclonal antibodies. Our extensive database of stick-built and modular cleanroom projects can help inform which application is best for your project without the need for upfront commitments.
Illumina Project Fire Turtle
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University teaching labs are educating the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators. Our skilled teams deliver these facilities on time and on budget to enable your students to get to work.
Penn State Agricultural and Bio-Engineering Building Renewal


Scott
Strom
Life Sciences Key Account Manager
Ever since he spent the summers of his youth working as a carpenter and framing houses, construction has come naturally to Scott Strom. Since he joined DPR in 1993, Scott has built strong relationships with some of DPR’s top life sciences customers.…


Dennis
Kirkpatrick
Life Sciences Core Market Co-Leader
Supporting life sciences customers in their work to help change people’s lives for the better is Dennis Kirkpatrick’s primary focus as Co-Leader for DPR’s Life Sciences Core Market. With experience in delivering best-in-class outcomes for biotechnology…


Mike
Marston
Life Sciences Core Market Co-Leader
Mike Marston’s construction career began when he was offered his first internship following a summer spent roofing houses. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Civil Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy, Mike joined DPR in…