One of our first Stories

The Alcoa Building in Golden Gateway Center (now One Maritime) in San Francisco
Rich Zavala and his partner at the time Len established Richlen Construction in June of 1978. The partners entered an exclusive market with a company that gave them rights to Sliding Office Panel Partitions. These panels required knowledge of how to interlock their systems without ruining the tracks and panels. Richlen crews learned to install (and remove) these expensive panels quickly without damage. This kept Richlen steps above competitors, who did not want to handle the costly partitions. Often other project opportunities opened because our crews were already on site. Owners, Property Managers, and Chiefs of buildings learned and most important remembered our Richlen crew’s names. These relationships have kept Richlen building for 33 years!

Behind the scenes...

  • utility relocation infrastructure richlen construction Utility Relocation
    800 Market St., San Francisco
  • 51st floor 555 california st san francisco richlen general contractor Abatement
    51st Flr., 555 California St., SF
  • tenant improvement richlen construction Raised-Flooring
    Barclays Global Investors
  • eastmont town center mall steel infill richlen general contractor Window Replacement
    One Market St., San Francisco
  • ada compliance richlen construction Hitachi Lot Alinement
    Hitachi, Santa Clara
  • oakland richlen Construction 1500 gallon Tank Lox Yard
    Sutter Delta Hospital, Antioch
  • server room and data room infrastructure richlen construction Server Room
    201 California St., SF
  • 51st floor 555 california st san francisco richlen general contractor Signages
    360 22nd Street Plaza, Oakland
  • tenant improvement richlen construction Steel Infill
    Eastmont Town Center Mall
  • eastmont town center mall steel infill richlen general contractor Carpet Removal & Demo
    Borders Books, San Francisco
  • paving and striping richlen construction Paving & Striping
    7200 Bancroft Avenue, Oakland
  • oakland richlen construction Featured Lighting
    Focus Advisors, San Francisco
  • safety first barricades at anchorage square richlen construction Safety First
    Barricades Anchorage Square
  • seismic retrofit richlen general contractor Seismic Retrofit
    951 Howard, Oakland
  • interior air quality control units richlen construction Aeroclean Machines (IAQ)
    Judges Chambers, Oakland

Richlen Facts

  • LEED Accredited Professionals
    The President of Richlen and more than half of our staff hold LEED Accredited Certification.
  • Richlen is a Union Contractor
    Northern California Carpenters #052233 and Bay Area Painters & Tapers #202107273500.
  • Minority Business Enterprise
    Certificate #BA07-0073.
  • BOMA Corporate Sponsor
    See our Ad on page 43 in BOMA San Francisco Membership Directory 2011-2012.
  • Richlen Construction
    Is a Corporation registered with the City & County of San Francisco.

Testimonials

  • Thanks to Lisa and the Gensler Team for a great design with Trip and the Richlen team for a great execution.

     Robert Obringer - GM
     Sumitomo Corp. of America

  • Your team was awesome and everyone is very happy with the work. Please send my thanks to Superintendent Terry Tillery too.

     Leslie J. Chung - HRM
     MyNewPlace

  • Dino Collaro (General Superintendent), did a great job providing value engineering ideas for cost effective solutions.

     Lisa Ryder - Administrator
     Berman DeValerio

  • It is great, thanks for the good work on a tight schedule. Send me your invoice and I'll get it processed immediately.

     Bill Burton - PE
     AECOM Transportation

  • One of the best decisions the ownership made was to get Richlen involved early in the budget process. There were several different schemes to evaluate and they provided accurate order of magnitude estimates for the ownership to complete its feasibility studies.

     David Zeff - Partner
     Pacific Partners, Inc.