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Things That Haven't Changed Some Things are Worth Keeping Thirty years of growth requires change.RQ has entered new markets, adopted new technology, opened new offices, developed new capabilities, and learned new ways of delivering increasingly complex projects.But...

The RQ Way The Practices Behind the Projects As companies grow, informal ways of doing things eventually have to become repeatable systems. Some of RQ’s most important developments over the past 30 years have been the processes and programs created to ensure that...

Decisions That Shaped the Company Growth Doesn't Just Happen Projects tell one part of RQ’s history. Decisions tell another. Over three decades, some of the company’s most consequential milestones happened away from the jobsite - decisions to invest in new...

Then & Now Thirty Years Changes A Lot 1996 → 2026 One location → 4 locations Need employees → Over 1,200 employees Primarily San Diego County → Projects across the US, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. Paper plans → BIM and digital coordination Average Project Size is $7.5M →...

The Projects That Changed Us Some Projects Build More Than Buildings Every company has projects that stand out because of their size, complexity, or visibility. Others are significant for a different reason: they changed what became possible next. These pivotal...

The People Behind the Projects 30 Years, Told by the People Who Were There Buildings can document where a company has worked. People remember what it took to get there. Now,  we’ll hear from employees whose careers intersect with different chapters of the company’s...

Growing Beyond Home The Regions That Built RQ Growth doesn’t always happen according to a master plan. Sometimes it starts with one project, followed by another - and eventually a temporary presence becomes a permanent part of the company. Southwest Where the story...

What's Next The Next 30 It’s difficult to predict what construction will look like in another 30 years. Technology will continue to change. Projects will become more sophisticated. Client needs will evolve, and new challenges will require solutions we haven’t...

Before There Were 30 Years, There Was Year One Every company begins with a first project, a first client, and a relatively small group of people willing to take a chance on an idea. For RQ, those early years established more than a project portfolio. They began...