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Truebeck Construction was founded with a gamechanging spirit and an ambitious vision: disrupt the traditional and ordinary, and rigorously raise the bar to do our best work. Period. We’re driven by the belief that we can improve construction practices and elevate standards, while creating remarkable places in our community.
Many things are built. Few things are crafted smart and well. We have an entrepreneurial nature – thinking big, but not acting big – and perform as true builders with boots on the ground. We absolutely love construction, and you’ll see that in everything we do. It’s never business as usual on our jobsites or in the office; in fact, it’s more like a championship game.
We strive for greatness in the details, the dirty work, and in the victory of helping you achieve your vision.
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LAB BUILDER IN THE U.S. BY BUILDING DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION MAGAZINE
OFFICE LOCATIONS
Portland
Sacramento
San Francisco
San Mateo
ABOUT US
Truebeck Construction is an industry-leading full-service general contractor specializing in technical building, complex projects, and interiors. Clients come to us when they have ambitious goals, and when they want certainty, predictable costs, and high-performance buildings. We build it right the first time and deliver the best value
A FULL-SERVICE GC
Truebeck’s work environment foregoes department silos, and instead encourages deep collaboration—with disciplines sitting side-byside. Working in nimble, autonomous teams, each project squad develops their own strategies and efficiencies to achieve the best outcome for your vision. When you work with Truebeck, you engage all our integrated disciplines.
Construction Technology + Innovation
ANNUAL AVERAGE REVENUE
$1 billion
MARKET SECTORS
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Life Sciences Advanced Technology Commercial Education Healthcare Interiors Mass Timber Mission Critical Mixed-Used Multi-Family
Design-Build
Project
MEP Expertise Preconstruction Progressive Delivery Methods
Assurance/Quality Control Safety Management
Work EMPLOYEES 600
Integrated
Delivery
Quality
Self-Perform
These are the values that guide our people and business. They’re what we look for in every employee across the company. Recognizing that our success is founded upon these beliefs, they embody our culture and promise to our employees and business partners. This is our DNA.
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
OUR
VALUES
WE WIN AS A TEAM AND HIGH-FIVE A LOT. DON’T DO WHAT’S EASY. DO WHAT’S RIGHT. AND HUSTLE. PROJECT SUCCESS. EVERY TIME. NO EXCUSES.
IF IT’S NOT THE BEST, IT SIMPLY WON’T DO.
COURAGEOUSLY, MAKE IDEAS REALITY.
BUSINESS AND LIFE ARE ALL ABOUT PEOPLE.
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE + EXPERIENCE
AWARDS
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION 9 6 3 8 5 2 7 1 4 10
PROJECT AWARDS
AIA Merit Award for Energy and Sustainability
DBIA, Regional Award for Educational Category
Go Beyond Award for a New Construction Project
USGBC-Northern California, Green Building Super Hero
UC Davis Winery, Brewery & Food Science Bldg, Davis, CA (8)
Coworky Award for Best Space Design
ENR Best Project
Bespoke Co-working, San Francisco, CA (4)
DJC Oregon Top Projects: 1st Place, Industrial, Manufacturing, or Logistics
The Factor Building, Portland, OR
ENR Best Project
Twitter Headquarters/1Tenth, San Francisco, CA (9, 10)
ENR Best Project
Gilead Wellbeing Center, Foster City, CA
ENR Best Project
SmartLabs North Tower Lab & Office, So. San Francisco, CA
ENR Best Project
Mozilla Headquarters, Mountain View, CA (3)
ENR Best Project
IIDA Award
GitHub Headquarters, San Francisco, CA (2)
SAFETY
AWARDS
President’s Safety Award
Construction Employers’ Association (2016–Present)
CA Voluntary Protection Program (Cal/VPP) Designation
Cal/OSHA (2016–Present)
Excellence in Safety
Construction Employers’ Association (2007–Present)
1st Place, National Construction Safety Excellence Award AGC (2013)
ENR, Best Project, California Merit Award
SF-Marin Food Bank, San Francisco, CA
IIDA Design Excellence Award, Best in Education
TEL HI Childcare Center, San Francisco, CA
Interior Design Magazine, Best Tech Office of the Year, Largest San Francisco Construction Project
Uber Headquarters, Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA (1)
NAIOP Best of the Bay Award
Tribune Tower, Oakland, CA
Real Estate Deal of the Year
Uptown Station, Oakland, CA
Silicon Valley Business Journal Structures Awards, Milestone Project of the Year
Apple Park, Cupertino, CA (5, 6)
Silicon Valley Business Journal Structures Awards, Project of the Year
Stanford Research Park at 3223 Hanover, Palo Alto, CA (7)
Silicon Valley Business Journal Structures Awards, Honoree for Office Project, Medium
Thirty75 Tech Office Development, Santa Clara, CA
Metal Construction Association, Best Overall, Best Solar, and Best Custom project
Thirty75 Tech Office Development, Santa Clara, CA
NOTABLE COMPANY AWARDS
Best Places to Work
San Francisco Business Times (2013–2014, 2017-2023)
Top 100 Bay Area Corporate Philanthropist
San Francisco Business Times (2017–2023)
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Arc Institute
Research Lab & Office TI
PALO ALTO, CA
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Occupying space in the Stanford Research Park, this project includes the demolition of an existing two-story office space and the creation of a state-ofthe-art life science research lab facility. This facility consists of private and shared office spaces adjacent to the labs, which take up 60% of the building. The labs include cell and tissue culture rooms, cold rooms, lab support space, and a vivarium. This project also includes exterior site upgrades to increase privacy and maximize green space, a full-service kitchen, and the installation of a new service elevator.
SIZE
100,000sf
CONSTRUCTION COST
Confidential
PROJECT ARCHITECT
Mark Cavagnero Associates
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
Design-build MEP
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Calico Life Sciences
New Facility Build-Out
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This life science facility was a 98,500sf build-out across three floors of a four-story cold dark-shell structure. It was retrofitted with cold rooms, biology labs, wet labs, café and tech talk spaces, an enlarged entrance with feature stairwell, meeting rooms, private offices, and workstations. In addition to the tenant improvements, the Truebeck team added elevators, self-performed first-floor slab, toilet rooms, and all MEP equipment.
SIZE
98,500sf
CONSTRUCTION COST
$44 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
Flad Architects
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
Design-Build MEP
MARKET SECTOR
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Phase 3 Lab & Office Tenant Improvement Expansion
REDWOOD CITY, CA
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This 61,000sf project included the phase 3 renovation of office and lab space in an existing facility and relocated and consolidated Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Biologics Discovery Center divisions with and from their current operations in Sunnyvale and Milpitas. The project included the following: build-out of cold rooms; vivarium holding and procedures rooms; upgraded lab process MEP systems; installation of casework, fume hoods, and bio-safety cabinets; new paint, flooring, and finishes; and sprinkler system modifications.
SIZE
61,000sf
CONSTRUCTION COST $38 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
Stantec Consulting
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
MARKET SECTOR
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Kodiak Sciences Lab & Office Tenant Improvement
PALO ALTO, CA
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Kodiak is a biopharmaceutical company that researches and develops transformative therapeutics to treat high prevalence retinal diseases globally. This new 66,478sf corporate headquarters for research labs and offices in Palo Alto’s choice Stanford Research Park includes two floors of lab and office space, cafeteria, and site modifications. This project provides Kodiak with the necessary space to continue towards their goal of developing a next-generation platform for retinal medicines.
SIZE 66,478sf
CONSTRUCTION COST
$36 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
Flad Architects
MARKET SECTOR
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
SmartLabs
North Tower Lab & Office
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
With spectacular views overlooking the San Francisco Bay, SmartLab’s 14th, 16th, and 17th floor pharmagrade lab suites at Oyster Point provide the best place to do research.
Complete with BSL2 capable innovation suites, scaling lab suites, office space, and full amenities, the beautifully designed, turnkey research space contains private and secure office and lab space, as well as shared lab equipment, conference rooms, kitchens, and lecture halls. Ideal for life science and biopharmaceutical companies at any stage, the space is engineered to be rapidly configurable for biology, chemistry, or process development needs.
SIZE 66,500sf
CONSTRUCTION COST $32 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
SMMA
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
MARKET SECTOR
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MARKET SECTOR QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Lyell Immunopharma
This 85,000sf build-out of an existing multi-story building and includes the combination of lab space, vivarium, offices, amenity space and building support. The principal project program comprises of 41,500sf dedicated to lab, lab support, and vivarium space; 19,600sf of office and amenity space; and 1,000sf making up building support space. The first floor is allocated to the vivarium space along with additional lab, office, and building support space. The remaining floors will house both lab and lab support spaces, as well as office, office support, and amenity space.
85,000sf
CONSTRUCTION COST
$30.8 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
DGA
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
Design-build MEP
MARKET SECTOR
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
ChemoCentryx Lab & Office Build-out
ChemoCentryx found their new headquarters by becoming the first tenant in the “Alexandria Center for Life Science” in San Carlos.
The 75,172sf lab and office build-out includes chemistry labs, hazardous occupancy spaces (H-rooms), a nitrogen gas storage tank, a chemical storage enclosure, office space, and a new spiral staircase modeled after the helical structure of DNA connecting their 5th and 6th floor space. With a focus on discovering, developing, and commercializing new treatments, ChemoCentryx’s new home will ensure they have the resources to push beyond “good enough” and strive for a totally new way of healing.
CONSTRUCTION COST
$29 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
MARKET SECTOR TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
DGA
SAN CARLOS, CA
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
treat some of the most common and deadly infectious diseases worldwide. This life science project includes the tenant improvement of one and a half floors of lab and office space to accommodate Vaxcyte’s Headquarters. The interiors include approximately 55% lab space and 45% office space. The project also includes wet lab space, a cold room, a BSL2 lab, analytical lab and radioactive lab.
$24 million
MARKET SECTOR TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
DGA
PROJECT ARCHITECT
Nautilus Biotechnology Lab & Office
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This 41,534sf design-build tenant improvement of a Core & Shell space includes a clean room, engineering lab, chemistry lab, and additional laboratory space. The office includes proper protein/ bacterial storage, buffer prep space, microscope spaces with blackout curtains, quality spaces as well as office and conference and a beautiful lobby. All MEP systems were design-build. This tenant improvement started as a spec lab designed by DGA. When Nautilus decided to occupy the space, Truebeck collaborated with DGA to quickly accomodate their needs to customized certain spaces as the sole tenant.
SIZE 41,534sf
CONSTRUCTION COST $18 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
DGA
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
Design-build
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
MARKET SECTOR
SAN CARLOS, CA
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This 36,593sf design-build tenant improvement of a core and shell space includes laboratories, office and conference space, lobby, common corridor, and design-build MEP systems.
SIZE 36,593sf
CONSTRUCTION COST $15.1 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
DGA
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
Design-build
MARKET SECTOR
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
Codexis Lab & Office SAN CARLOS, CA
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Plexxikon Office and Lab Tenant Improvement
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This tenant improvement project consists of an office and two floors of lab space in an occupied building. Additionally, there will be support spaces for mechanical units and facilities improvements to the existing penthouse. The fast track schedule includes demolition and lab cold rooms.
SIZE 35,000sf
CONSTRUCTION COST $13.1 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
DGA
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
Design-build MEP
MARKET SECTOR
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Gilead Sciences Wellbeing Center
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This biotech client facility offers an array of wellness services designed to assist employees achieve and maintain optimal health and well-being. A goal of Gilead’s Wellbeing program initiative was to consolidate all programs into a single, dedicated location and to increase the capacity and capability of these programs.
SIZE
60,000sf
CONSTRUCTION COST
$70 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
Flad Architects
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
Design-Build MEP, LEED Platinum, WELL Certification
MARKET SECTOR
At 60,000sf, the consolidated campus Wellbeing Center identifies five major components under one roof: expanded 19,500sf Fitness Center, dedicated 7,800sf Health Services, plus a lobby and support spaces. The program also called for adjacent outdoor amenities, consisting of recreational sports spaces. The new LEED Platinum, WELL Certified facility creates an aspirational statement with aesthetic elements worthy of a forward-thinking company making best use of the premium center-of-campus location. This project won a 2022 ENR Best Project Award for its design, delivery and project success.
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
FOSTER CITY, CA
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
BioMarin
cGMP Warehouse Facility
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The existing industrial warehouse was converted into an FDA-validated cGMP warehouse that serves as the new support hub for all cGMP facilities on campus. The 25,000sf warehouse included high piled storage with a wire guided forklift system, Class 100,000 QCRM/weigh rooms, Class 10,000 LAF booths, and controlled environmental rooms. Truebeck selfperformed 20% of the project scope.
SIZE
25,000sf
CONSTRUCTION COST
$5 million
PROJECT ARCHITECT
Flad Architects
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
Design-build; cGMP facility; Self-perform work
MARKET SECTOR
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
NOVATO,
CA
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Alexandria Center for Life Science—San Carlos
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Alexandria Center for Life Science is a twobuilding flagship campus for research, innovation, and discovery. In addition to completing the LEED Gold core/shell of the two six-story buildings and six-story, 517,600sf 1,510-stall parking structure, Truebeck also delivered multiple tenant improvement projects within the buildings for biopharma companies such as ChemoCentryx, Vaxcyte, Codexis, and Nautilus.
SIZE
1,069,360sf
CONSTRUCTION COST
Confidential per Client
PROJECT ARCHITECT
ARC TEC, INC.
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
MARKET SECTOR
The office and lab workspace includes wet lab space, cold rooms, BSL2 labs, analytical labs, radioactive labs, an industrial nitrogen gas storage tank, and a prefab chemical storage enclosure. The complex MEPF infrastructure accommodates the life science tenants. The complex exterior facade includes electro-chromatic exterior glass to mitigate solar heat gain and increases energy performance of the building. The project involves complex sitework on an eight-acre site, including contaminated soil mitigation, ground water control, engineered shoring systems, and mass excavation.
Design-build MEP; Targeting LEED Gold NC
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
SAN CARLOS, CA
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
201 Haskins Way Office/Lab Buildings & Parking Structure
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The 510,576sf project includes a 280,765sf office/ lab warm shell building consisting of a three-story east building and a five-story west building that are adjoined by a three-story open atrium. The new 229,811sf five-story pre-cast concrete parking structure includes 706 parking stalls. The project includes a new amenities building complete with gym and kitchen, associated sitework including new patio, parking lots, hardscape, Halio electrochromic glass curtainwall system, and demolition of an existing warehouse/distribution facility.
SIZE
510,576sf
CONSTRUCTION COST
Confidential per Client
PROJECT ARCHITECT
WRNS Studio
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
MARKET SECTOR
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
499 Illinois Bioscience Campus
Illumina, Medivation, UCSF, & Clovis Oncology
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This six-story steel framed lab building is an iconic facility in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, reflective of innovative and collaborative culture. The project scope included tenant improvements for leading life science companies (UCSF, Illumina, Medivation, and Clovis) and the STEM Kitchen Garden & Restaurant.
The warm-up included the two-story lobby, research and development labs, a data center. Office solutions that were built included open office spaces, meeting rooms, administrative support areas and enhanced technology solutions for conference center. A back-up generator was also installed on-site.
The sustainability-centric STEM Restaurant is a 158-space eatery, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. An outdoor heated terrace space includes fire pits, an edible garden and a bocce ball court.
SIZE
252,000sf (Warm-up); 97,000sf (Illumina TI); 50,000sf (Medivation TI); 30,600sf (UCSF TI); 30,000sf (Landlord Scope); 24,700sf (STEM Kitchen Garden & Restaurant)
CONSTRUCTION COST
Confidential per Client
PROJECT ARCHITECT
DGA
MARKET SECTOR TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Headquarters East Grand Campus
CA
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A phased corporate campus development across three sites, comprising of ground-up, structural steel construction of two office buildings and multiple office and lab tenant improvements.
The state-of-the-art facility features an open-office floor plan, conference centers, executive suites, fitness center, full-service kitchen, cafeteria, and an employee break room complete with a 56-screen TV feature wall.
Additional features include assembly space, highoccupancy first floor restrooms, bridge connection to existing adjacent building, architectural open central stair, and dual lobbies.
SIZE 310,000sf
CONSTRUCTION COST
Confidential per Client
PROJECT ARCHITECT
DGA
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
LEED Platinum
MARKET SECTOR
Sustainable features include increased energy efficiencies of the building’s MEP systems, enhanced lighting and MEP controls, and enhanced commissioning of all systems.
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
455 Mission Bay Biotech Campus
Nektar Headquarters and Bayer Innovation Center
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Located in the heart of Mission Bay, this new biotech facility consists of two five-story buildings and included the build-out of the lobby and multiple tenant improvements. Features include open-office space, collaborative research and development areas, full-service kitchen, cafeterias, and common areas.
Tenant build-outs include the following clients: Bayer Healthcare, Nektar Therapeutics, Innova, Third Rock Ventures, Orbimed, and QuSwami.
The five-story tenant improvement for Nektar was changed to a design-build MEPF procurement method to meet the aggressive schedule and resulted in substantial cost savings to the client.
SIZE
219,000sf (Shell); 100,000sf (Nektar); 60,000sf (Bayer)
CONSTRUCTION COST
Confidential per Client
PROJECT ARCHITECT
DGA (Shell)
Flad Architects (Nektar)
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
LEED Gold
MARKET SECTOR TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Truebeck provided General Contractor services to construct this signature ground-up project for Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Located in South San Francisco, the East Jamie Court project consists of two, four-story structures linked by a circular pedestrian plaza. Buildings 1 & 2 accommodate three floors of lab space and office space. Each building has an exterior service yard and trash enclosure, as well as a full mechanical penthouse on the roof. The two buildings also feature high-end skin systems consisting of GFRC, metal panels, and curtainwall systems. The site is developed alongside the SF Baylands and includes a new section of Bayland (BCDC) Trail. The pedestrian plaza includes custom colored concrete and stone paving, seating areas, and a grand staircase leading down to the Bayland Trail. This project is LEED Certified.
235,000sf (Shells); 27,800sf (TI)
CONSTRUCTION COST
Confidential per Client
PROJECT ARCHITECT
DGA
KEY FEATURES / AWARDS + CERTIFICATIONS
LEED Certified
MARKET SECTOR
TRUEBECK CONSTRUCTION
QUALIFICATIONS + EXPERIENCE
San Mateo