Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DPR Construction

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The result was keep. Consensus that while the article has sourcing issues, NCORP is satisfied Nosebagbear (talk) 09:38, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DPR Construction

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It seems the company fails notability per WP:NCORP. Although the article has a few references to normally reliable sources, the coverage in the articles is extremely trivial and contain interviews. The rest of the references seem to be primary or local. Really all the coverage, like awards won, seems to be trivial. The article is seriously written like an advert. Adamant1 (talk) 02:29, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 06:41, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 06:41, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.

Quinn, Michelle (1996-07-01). "Drawing the Line on Defection When Employees Leave and Compete Against Former Boss". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
Carlton, Jim (1999-06-02). "Taking Lessons From a Tech Book: DPR Construction Mimics Silicon Valley Strategies". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
"DPR Construction, Inc. MarketLine Company Profile". MarketLine. 2019-03-27. pp. 1–19.
Blair, Tom (1998). Dawson, David B.; James, Michael C. (eds.). San Diego: World Class City. Memphis, Tennessee: Towery Publishing. pp. 428–429. ISBN 1-881096-56-4. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
Reeder, Linda (2016). "Chapter 2: DPR Construction Phonex Regional Office". Net Zero Energy Buildings: Case Studies and Lessons Learned. London: Routledge. p. 19–31. ISBN 978-1-138-78123-8. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
Hackett, Robert (2014-11-13). "DPR Construction:Toasting the Boss (a.k.a. Everyone)". Fortune. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
Novak, Shonda (2017-04-12). "DPR: Contractor booming with Central Texas' economy". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
Dickinson, Elizabeth Evitts (2014-12-15). "The Performing Arts: Why Occupant Behavior is the Next Big Thing in Green Building". Architecture. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
Bhattarai, Abha (2012-06-28). "DPR Construction". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.

Sources with quotes

Quinn, Michelle (1996-07-01). "Drawing the Line on Defection When Employees Leave and Compete Against Former Boss". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
The article notes:
Ultimately, their company, DPR Construction Inc., outpaced R&S, and in December was rated by Inc. magazine as the third-fastest-growing privately held company in the United States.
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But separating is never easy. It often turns ugly: Rudolph sued DPR Construction and in June won a $7.1 million out-of-court settlement, which Rudolph estimates is roughly equal to DPR's net profits since it was formed. The decision to leave is often wrought with emotion, hobbled with financial and legal considerations and plagued with ethical dilemmas. What duty is owed a company or boss? Where does self-interest begin and loyalty end?
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DPR is not far from R&S in Foster City but very different in style, from its name - which is taken from the first initials of their given names, Doug, Peter and Ron, rather than last names like Rudolph and Sletten - to its open, modernistic design. At DPR, company philosophy and mission is posted on the wall. And DPR has a clear succession plan that requires principals to start selling back their stock to the company at age 60.
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No one would have cared about DPR if it hadn't become a success story. DPR is currently about double the size of R&S, with about 800 employees and $500 million in revenues this year, compared with R&S's 500 employees and $300 million in revenues.
Carlton, Jim (1999-06-02). "Taking Lessons From a Tech Book: DPR Construction Mimics Silicon Valley Strategies". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
The article notes:
This company has all the trappings of Silicon Valley success: outlandish growth, Democracy in the trenches, executives in open cubicles, even the Friday afternoon beer busts. But DPR Construction Inc. is focused on bricks and mortar instead of bits and bytes. The company has risen from out of nowhere over the past decade to become one of the major construction firms for the stars of Silicon Valley, building major projects for Apple Computer Inc., Intel Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. among others. As of last year, DPR’s revenue totaled $1.3 billion, 46% higher than 1997 and a nearly eightfold jump from five years ago. That growth rate, reminiscent of some successful Internet firms in the valley, is unprecedented in the construction business.
... As a result, DPR has earned what analysts call one of the best on‐time performances in the construction industry.
“They definitely are a trendsetter,” says Hoyt Lowder, senior vice president of FMI Corp., an industry consulting firm in Tampa, Fla., ...
The success hasn’t come without controversy. Some contractors complain the company undercuts them on bids, while raiding employees their firms by offering higher salaries. The loudest criticism comes from Rudolph and Sletten Inc., a rival in Foster City, Calif., from which all three of DPR's co‐founders resigned as senior executives in 1990. The men, Doug Woods, Peter Nosler and Ron Davidowski (DPR was named after their first initials), say they left Rudolph and Sletten after its founders reneged on a promise to eventually turn ownership over to the employees.
"DPR Construction, Inc. MarketLine Company Profile". MarketLine. 2019-03-27. pp. 1–19.
The report provides detailed analysis and background about the company:
The company has built a reputation for handling complex projects for a strong customer base. DPR's customers include major companies like projects for Facebook, Ernst & Young, Abbot Laboratories, AT&T, Nokia, Baker & McKenzie, and Sun Microsystems. Its client list also includes Pixar Animation Studios, Hewlett- Packard, Abbott Laboratories, Dell Inc., eBay, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Roche Molecular Systems, Maloof Sports and Entertainment, Yahoo, PricewaterhouseCoopers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and so on. A strong customer base ensures steady growth of the company. It also enables it to increase its brand image in a highly competitive market and subsequently attract high value clients.
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DPR's business is concentrated geographically. Most of the company's operations are confined to the US market. This geographical concentration significantly limits the company's customer reach and exposure to developing markets in comparison to some of its competitors like Bechtel Group, which operate in markets other than the US. Bechtel group, along with the US, has its operations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America which reduces the risks involved with its exposure to the domestic market dynamics. On the other hand, overdependence on a single market puts the company in a disadvantage as it loses out on emerging opportunities in other international markets.
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DPR undertook several initiatives recently. For instance, in February 2019, DPR along with Perry McCall Construction was selected by the Baptist Health to build a seven story building that include Wolfson Children's critical care center in Florida. In the same month, the company was also selected by City of Tampa. The contract is to provide design build contracting services to develop The Hyatt House and Hyatt Place development project. In January 2019, DPR was given a contract by Mesa City Council, to construct Arizona State University at the Mesa City Center; and the Plaza at Mesa City Center. In November 2018, the company, along with Ridge Capital Inc, Lionakis and ZGF Architects was selected by the California State Teachers' Retirement System to build and design 275,000 sq. ft. building. In August 2018, the company was selected by Clemson University to offer project and construction management services for College of Business project. In the same month, the company was selected as a general contractor by Methodist Health System to build a 190,000 sq. ft. acute care hospital and a 45,000 sq. ft. medical office building in Midlothian.
Blair, Tom (1998). Dawson, David B.; James, Michael C. (eds.). San Diego: World Class City. Memphis, Tennessee: Towery Publishing. pp. 428–429. ISBN 1-881096-56-4. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
The book notes:
When founded in 1990, DPR Construction, Inc. set out to challenge "customary practices" and to reexamine the relationships between building contractors and owners, developers, architects, and engineers.
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DPR Construction, Inc. is recognized as one of San Diego's largest and most successful builders of privately owned facilities. Almost 10 percent of the company's total business on an annual basis is done in San Diego County alone. What is even more significant is that in an industry that generally purchases construction on a "low bid" basis, more than 95 percent of DPR's work companywide is done on a negotiated basis—a process where the project team and their qualifications are the primary selection criteria.
Reeder, Linda (2016). "Chapter 2: DPR Construction Phonex Regional Office". Net Zero Energy Buildings: Case Studies and Lessons Learned. London: Routledge. p. 19–31. ISBN 978-1-138-78123-8. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
The book notes:
DPR Construction renovated an abandoned building into this 16,500-square-foot office in 2011 and achieved net zero energy performance for a cost premium of about $83 per square foot. In addition to office and support spaces like conference rooms, the building also contains a wine bar, kitchen café, fitness center, training room, and meditation room. Owner DPR Construction, a national construction company specializing in highly technical and sustainable buildings, led the project's design-build team with the goal of creating a building that was cost-effective as well as high performing.
Hackett, Robert (2014-11-13). "DPR Construction:Toasting the Boss (a.k.a. Everyone)". Fortune. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
The article notes:
Since its founding in July 1990, DPR Construction (named for Doug, Peter, and Ron's collective monogram) has encouraged its workers to take the lead. The founders decided from the beginning that the new firm would be employee owned via a phantom stock program that ties compensation to company profits and individual performance. They even eliminated titles from business cards. And to prevent power struggles, the founders devised a buy-sell agreement that would bar shareholders from divesting stock to anyone outside the company. Everyone with equity is required to sell his stake back to the company beginning at age 60. Now celebrating its 25th year, the company has helped build projects ranging from Facebook's data centers to R&D labs for universities and pharmaceutical companies, and has opened 20 offices from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. Last year the company acquired Atlanta-based Hardin Construction, and revenues hit a record $2.6 billion.
Already, two of the founders—Nosler and Davidowski—have relinquished their stakes in the company, as agreed, though they remain active as directors. Woods' ownership, too, is set to expire at the beginning of 2016.
Novak, Shonda (2017-04-12). "DPR: Contractor booming with Central Texas' economy". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
The article notes:
Amid Central Texas’ ongoing building boom, DPR Construction is one of the region’s busiest construction firms, with an ever-expanding list of high-profile projects bearing its banner.
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These are but a few of the projects for a firm that has experienced extraordinary growth in revenue and headcount since 2013, the year it acquired Atlanta-based Hardin Construction Co.
DPR’s Central region, which includes, Austin, Dallas and Houston, has grown to $925 million in revenue, an increase of almost 300 percent from 2013. The figure accounts for about 21 percent of the firm’s $4.5 billion in revenue companywide.
In the Austin area alone,revenue has soared to a projected $375 million this year, up from $202 million in 2013.
Of DPR’s nearly 4,600 employees, 543 work in the Austin area, up from 170 people in 2013. Those include both salaried and administrative employees and craftspeople.
Dickinson, Elizabeth Evitts (2014-12-15). "The Performing Arts: Why Occupant Behavior is the Next Big Thing in Green Building". Architecture. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
The article notes:
The first thing that you notice about the San Francisco regional office for DPR Construction, a national builder known for highly technical and sustainable projects, is that from the outside, the building in no way resembles the typical headquarters of a construction firm. Located on a quiet street near the city’s famed Embarcadero district, the glass façade frames an interior that looks like a boutique hotel married an Apple Store. Bikes hang from interior racks. An open floor plan reveals a well-stocked kitchen with a mosaic of plants climbing the wall. Look closely and you can just make out the lobby cocktail bar, a custom-designed length of reclaimed wood containing a garden of live succulents capped in glass. Not a bad place for an office happy hour. “People walking by wonder whether we are a bike shop or a café, because it doesn’t scream construction,” says director of sustainability Ted van der Linden.
The open façade purposefully emulates DPR’s broader goal of transparency in building design and performance. Completed last May, the company’s San Francisco digs could become the city’s first net-zero office space (DPR is pursuing certification for the project with the International Living Future Institute). Designed by FME Architecture + Design, this is the third net-zero regional office that the company has completed—the others are in Phoenix and San Diego.
Bhattarai, Abha (2012-06-28). "DPR Construction". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
The article notes:
Each of the company’s 16 locations has a wine bar, with the exception of the DPR’s Texas offices, which have saloons.
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DPR, which was founded in 1990 and builds offices, hospitals, university labs and other complex projects, counts “enjoyment” as one of its four core values (the other are “integrity,” “uniqueness” and “ever forward”).
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Employees gather at the wine bar one afternoon every month to toast milestones, ranging from new contracts to new babies.
The article includes quotes from employees.

There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow DPR Construction to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

Cunard (talk) 09:44, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A 1996 article in San Jose Mercury News notes, "Ultimately, their company, DPR Construction Inc., outpaced R&S, and in December was rated by Inc. magazine as the third-fastest-growing privately held company in the United States. ... No one would have cared about DPR if it hadn't become a success story. DPR is currently about double the size of R&S, with about 800 employees and $500 million in revenues this year, compared with R&S's 500 employees and $300 million in revenues." (R&S was the company that the three founders of DPR worked at before founding DPR. The article notes, "R&S sued DPR in San Mateo County Court for breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition and theft of trade secrets.")
A 1999 article in The Wall Street Journal notes, "The company has risen from out of nowhere over the past decade to become one of the major construction firms for the stars of Silicon Valley, building major projects for Apple Computer Inc., Intel Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. among others. As of last year, DPR’s revenue totaled $1.3 billion, 46% higher than 1997 and a nearly eightfold jump from five years ago. That growth rate, reminiscent of some successful Internet firms in the valley, is unprecedented in the construction business."
A 2014 article in Fortune notes, "Now celebrating its 25th year, the company has helped build projects ranging from Facebook's data centers to R&D labs for universities and pharmaceutical companies, and has opened 20 offices from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. Last year the company acquired Atlanta-based Hardin Construction, and revenues hit a record $2.6 billion."
A 2019 MarketLine report notes, "The company has built a reputation for handling complex projects for a strong customer base. DPR's customers include major companies like projects for Facebook, Ernst & Young, Abbot Laboratories, AT&T, Nokia, Baker & McKenzie, and Sun Microsystems. Its client list also includes Pixar Animation Studios, Hewlett- Packard, Abbott Laboratories, Dell Inc., eBay, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Roche Molecular Systems, Maloof Sports and Entertainment, Yahoo, PricewaterhouseCoopers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and so on."
Cunard (talk) 09:44, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – bradv🍁 06:26, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Although the article suffers from the overuse of WP:PRIMARY sources, I still feel there is enough for WP:NCORP. Really could do with an overhaul on sources. Govvy (talk) 11:42, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz ^Humbug! 07:06, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Also extremely trivial coverage in the sources provided by Cunard that don't pass NCORP. --Adamant1 (talk) 12:02, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep References as per cunard are independent, have detail about company performance and cover more than one subject. Davidstewartharvey

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