Company Background

Firm Overview

Linda Rabbitt founded rand* construction corporation in 1989. Today, rand* is a $210 Million per year commercial general contractor offering a wide range of services to our clients. We are currently listed as the 2nd largest woman-owned construction company in the nation and the 8th largest interior construction company in the metropolitan area. Pink magazine ranked rand* the 38th largest woman-owned company among the nation’s top 500 women-owned businesses. Rand* has been honored repeatedly for its work by industry organizations such as the Washington Building Congress, the Associated Builders and Contractors and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.

Project Team

rand* has a proven record of exceeding expectations. Our team of over 140 professional project managers, superintendents, and preconstruction professionals have come to rand* from a wide range of technical disciplines and bring years of combined experience to every project. Our diversity as a firm is mirrored by its subcontractor base. Our build teams are typically formed to include 20-35% LSDBE / MWBE firms. Specific types of work have allowed these percentages to go even higher. Our staff is focused on innovation. They are among the best and brightest in the business. Our staff partners with each of our project owners, tenants, consultants, and subcontractors to form a truly cohesive, mutually supportive, and effective project team. Our project team will be available seven days a week for the duration of the project, from commencement through the completion of the last punch list item.

Technical Competence

rand* professionals have been assembled from a wide range of disciplines including engineering, architecture, interior design, development, construction science, and finance. As a prerequisite to becoming a senior staff member, employees are encouraged to achieve “craftsman” status in one or more of the following trades: carpentry, glass, stone, mechanical or electrical. The firm’s objective is to assemble the smartest, most collaborative, and most creative staff available. Traditional resumes and job histories are secondary to technical, aesthetic, and/or functional impact made to previous projects and organizations. Likewise, we judge our own success by the contribution we make to the process of planning and construction rather than the simple achievement of turnover and move.

Integrated Project Approach

Before gaining popularity as a software or programmed approach, rand* advocated an integrated approach to design development and the management and work of construction. Trade foreman on rand* teams are often asked to participate in design reviews, assess engineering proposals, and participate with the extended team of consultants to “brainstorm” solutions to space or technical challenges during design and assembly. Projects have often benefited or been improved by developing shop drawing details during the design development stage and staging charettes for HVAC solutions or complex logistics or a particular approach to sustainability methods. Rand* offers classroom study to trades, clients, and staff at their main office in Alexandria Virginia. Classes are focused on increasing knowledge across the various disciplines and also the awareness and expectations of other team members. Since 2005, the firm has employed Revit as the basis for illustrating and coordinating an integrated delivery.

Integrity

rand* was founded on the principle of a “meritocracy.” As a business strategy, this means that the ideas of all team members are important and are considered or are vetted regardless of the individuals position or seniority. It is how we get to the best ideas, build the best work, and learn from our mistakes. Honesty, trust, respect, and integrity are the cornerstones of this culture and have sustained this more collaborative approach for over eighteen years of the firm’s growth. This approach also creates action plans and results that are transparent and fully supported by members of the extended team. The disclosure characteristics of the process also lend themselves well to corporate reporting requirements and serve as an excellent platform for teaching and demonstration.