On April 12, Roche Diagnostics celebrated the construction of its new administrative building with a traditional groundbreaking on its Pleasanton, California campus. The groundbreaking was attended by members of the project team, and key Roche executives, including the president.

The project was awarded to DPR without competition due to our long-standing relationship with Roche and its Pleasanton campus for over 15 years. The first project was the construction of the original facility, followed by its R&D building and several tenant improvements.

Roche is working with the City of Pleasanton to be the first local building to use reclaimed water for toilets and industrial cooling. The new facility aims to have solar thermal panels for heating, and to be K6 compliant – a Roche directive to not use HFC or HCFC refrigerants. The new 70,000-sq.-ft. building is targeting LEED Gold certification with an estimated completion of January 2017.