Builders at our Core is a blog series dedicated to sharing stories of DPR’s self-perform work teams. With diverse career paths, we’ll hear from people who got to where they are in very different ways, but have a few key things in common: a passion for continuous learning, growth and building great things.
Having embarked on a second career as a carpenter at age 50, DPR’s Saara Virtanen is following her passion for building. Hear her talk about how her role…
DPR superintendent Nam Hoang and her fellow craftspeople are showing how self-perform crews can nimbly tackle complex project elements in ways that drive…
DPR's self-perform crews embrace prefabrication to improve production and efficiency. Hear Austin Drywall Foreman, Javier "Beto" Martinez, share the…
Boston builder Jimmy Pinet is a builder at his core. Growing up on jobsites with his carpenter father and working as an electrician for more than a…
VDC modeler and self-perform team member Gerardo Herrera explains how BIM coordination keeps schedules on track and yields higher quality.
A team of drywall foremen worked together to learn and deploy a prefabricated, modular system for a ground-up medical facility's interior walls—ultimately…
Taking care of people has always been at the heart of DPR. As projects continue to move forward, we have adjusted how we work to protect employees and…
Self-perform crew leader, project foreman and Black Hat Safety Supervisor, Nancy Martinez shares her career path.
Q&A: DPR’s Joe Rogers from Redwood City, CA shares his thoughts on being a builder, embracing technology and skills for the future.
SPW Laborer Annie Brown has a personal commitment to safety, informed by the belief that safety is everyone’s job.
This is just a curated sample of the great content DPR has. Check out all News & Insights to see even more.
