In July 1990, DPR Construction was co-founded in Redwood City, California, by Doug Woods, Peter Nosler and Ron Davidowski (the D, the P and the R) with $750,000 of pooled resources.

[5] In 1994, DPR Construction was awarded a $43 million semiconductor fabrication plant in Los Angeles, California, for Rockwell International.

[8] Designed by William McDonough + Partners[9] and Form4 Architects[10] and completed in 2001, with the headquarters in San Jose, California.

[11][12] In 2003, DPR's Sacramento regional office became the first privately owned LEED-certified building in California's Central Valley.

[citation needed] The company serves customers nationally and internationally through regional offices around the country.