Redwood City’s downtown is bustling with distinctive shops, restaurants, and a year-round lineup of concerts, farmers’ markets, and festivals. There are historic communities, urban, and suburban neighborhoods that feel like they are located miles away from the nearest freeway. The city has transformed into a bustling urban hub with its historic downtown that offers a mixed-use, transit-oriented development. This would include the construction of apartments, condos, shops, and restaurants, all of which would be located within an easy walking distance of El Camino Real, the downtown Caltrain station, and schools, such as Sequoia High School, which features an impressive campus that is home to a Japanese Tea Garden, as well as at least 18 notable trees.

This article includes six of the best office contractors in Redwood City, California. These impressive firms were assessed based on their portfolio, track records, and experience.

DPR Construction

1450 Veterans Blvd., Redwood City, CA 94063

DPR Construction is a self-performing general contractor and construction manager specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for various industries, such as life sciences, healthcare, higher education, and commercial industries. The firm’s impressive portfolio spans new construction, tenant renovations, and unique projects. Since its inception in 1997, the firm has consistently showcased its ability to deliver exceptional projects, ranking among the top 50 general contractors in the country. Every project is executed with strict accountability, whether a multimillion-dollar technical facility or a conference room refurbishment. As a result, the firm has earned a long list of satisfied clients and positive feedback. 

The 222,000 square-foot corporate headquarters office for Medallia in San Mateo was a project that DPR and M Moser Associates worked on together. The space has a mix of technology and nontraditional design in its features. This workspace shows Medallia’s global diversity and growing size while promoting transparency and connection.

Rudolph and Sletten, Inc.

2 Circle Star Way, 4th Floor, San Carlos, CA 94070

Rudolph and Sletten has been in the industry for 50 years, earning a reputation as one of the best general building contractors on the West Coast. Its impressive portfolio includes some of California’s well-known buildings. With its culture of openness, collaboration, and attention to detail, the firm delivered award-winning work and built lasting relationships with clients and partners like Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the California Department of General Services, El Camino Hospital, the Judicial Council of California, Kaiser Permanente, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Sutter Health, and the UC and CSU university systems. The firm also has a lot of experience in delivering diverse projects, including commercial/corporate campuses, mixed-use, high-rise buildings, education, gaming/hospitality, justice, public buildings, seismic renovations, retail, sports, entertainment, biotech, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and industrial facilities. 

Hewlett-Packard had open office space on the third floor of a four-story, 500,000 square-foot office building. The 121,124 square-foot remodel includes tearing down the existing floor and rebuilding it into open office space, conference rooms, break/lounge areas, IDF rooms, a coffee stand, privacy rooms, a cafeteria dining room, and MEP distribution. Along with the new office space, the floor got a new staircase.

South Bay Construction

1711 Dell Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008

South Bay Construction offers a one-stop solution with complete construction services for its clients. It specializes in new shell buildings, steel-frame structures, tenant improvements, state-of-the-art renovations, and historical and rehabilitation projects. Over the years, the firm has earned an impressive portfolio of about 300 million square feet of buildings, from 5,000-square-foot retail establishments to 500,000-square-foot concrete tilt-ups. Its diverse experience and dedication to excellence have resulted in its well-deserved reputation as one of the best in the industry. 

The firm has been featured in several publications, earning massive recognition for its impressive quality and professionalism. One of the firm’s notable projects is the Redwood City Tech. It features a steel-framed, five-story office building with 105,000 square feet that sits atop an underground parking garage.

Skyline Construction

2384 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051

Skyline Construction has more than 26 years of experience building commercial space in the peninsula. This 100%-owned firm, which has its roots in the Bay Area, has grown to become widely known for its sophisticated interior spaces. Jessica Carps steered the company to national prominence, leading it to rank amongst the Top Commercial Contractors in the Bay Area and in the ENR’s Top 400 National Contractors. It currently maintains offices in San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Diego, Seattle. The firm also offers building infrastructure upgrades, seismic repositioning, ground-up, and healthcare projects.

Since 2011, Oracle has relied on Skyline as a reliable business partner. Oracle’s current space at their Redwood Shores headquarters needed an update, and the company had ambitious plans for the area. This administrative building maintained its gleaming appearance while including lighthearted features, such as shared break and game areas. The renovations included the installation of brand new catering kitchens, conference and phone rooms, open ceilings, custom millwork and light fixtures, flexible collaboration space, and restrooms.

HITT Contracting

469 El Camino Real, Suite #230, Santa Clara, CA 95050

HITT is a national leader in commercial construction and one of the top 30 largest general contractors in the United States. Since its start in 1937, HITT Contracting has grown into a nationwide general contractor that has won many awards. It does a wide range of work, from small jobs, service, and emergency work to base building shells, data center work, and complete owner/tenant fit-outs. The firm has extensive experience in preconstruction, green building, and virtual building, proving its ability to work with its building partners from the beginning of a project to meet clients’ goals for quality, cost, and delivery on time.

Cox Enterprises, which moved from San Francisco to Redwood City, hired HITT to refurbish office space for them on the third level of an existing building that was already leased. The project’s scope included protecting existing finishes, carefully planning noisy work, containing project dust, and coordinating building access for just-in-time material delivery.