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Gilead Wellbeing Center Wins ENR Award

August 10, 2022

Truebeck is pleased to announce that the Gilead Wellbeing Center has won an ENR Award of Merit in the 2022 Regional Best Projects competition.

The Gilead Wellbeing Center is a 60,000sf building that consists of an expanded 19,500sf Fitness Center, dedicated 7,800sf for Health Services, a 19,500sf Community Center, a 2,600sf Grab & Go/Juice Bar, a 5,200sf Gilead Museum, and a lobby with support spaces. There are also adjacent outdoor amenities, consisting of basketball and volleyball courts and boot camp and yoga areas.

The new facility creates an aspirational statement with aesthetic elements worthy of a forward-thinking company making best use of the premium center-of-campus location.

The full list of winners is listed here: ENR California Announces 2022 Best Projects Winners.

Truebeck Wins Silicon Valley Business Journal Community Impact Award

Truebeck Wins Silicon Valley Business Journal Community Impact Award

Each year, the Silicon Valley Business Journal recognizes people, organizations, and companies that give back to their communities. This fall, the Business Journal honored Truebeck with their prestigious Community Impact Award. Receiving this award is a testament to the commitment Truebeck has for service and giving back. This year alone, Truebeck volunteered for 50+ non-profit events and donated over $250,000 toward worthy local causes. To learn more about Truebeck's philanthropic endeavors, visit this link to see the Silicon Valley Business Journal article, or read the article below. Truebeck Construction forms foundation to give back to community By Danny King – Silicon Valley Business Journal Contributor From a philanthropic standpoint, Truebeck Construction has always had the advantage of being able to contribute to the community through projects in its proverbial wheelhouse. "Our first project was a little community center in East Palo Alto that was a full-day volunteer project," said Truebeck Co-Founder Sean Truesdale. "It involved carpentry, landscaping, and painting to improve a school building." From that modest project sprang a philanthropy presence that’s expanded along with the growth of the company, which was founded in 2007. Truebeck employees volunteered at about 50 events in the past year, with participation ranging from about 10 to 40 employees. In addition to those hours, the company contributed about $250,000 in funds and raised about $200,000 more from its construction partners during the past year, with much of the focus on helping socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. The company also formalized such efforts last year by starting a philanthropy nonprofit arm called the Truebeck Foundation, whose four full-time employees coordinate the efforts of the approximately 100 workers who regularly volunteer at events around the region. "When we were first formed, philanthropy was more about donating your time and giving back", Truesdale said. "Then it became about giving back time and money. More recently, it’s been about donating time, money, and fundraising to help raise money." One such example is Truebeck’s work with the National Breast Cancer Foundation, where employee volunteers packed and shipped Hope Kits filled with items such as fuzzy socks, inspirational bracelets, and journals for breast-cancer patients. Truebeck's Team for Tomorrow assembles Hope Kits in partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The company worked with the Make-A-Wish Foundation on building a backyard basketball court, complete with a custom-painted Golden State Warriors logo, for a local teenager with cerebral palsy. Truebeck has also long worked with Second Harvest of Silicon Valley. Since launching its philanthropy partnership with the food-bank operator in 2010, Truebeck employees have contributed more than 1,300 service hours, either through food sorting at warehouses or giving out groceries at Second Harvest’s distribution sites. Shobana Gubbi, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley chief philanthropy officer, said: "Truebeck is clearly a company that cares about the communities their employees live and work in." Truebeck volunteers at food packing and distribution events with Second Harvest of Silicon Valley. Truesdale is quick to point out the benefits of having such a public-facing company in such a visible industry associated with giving back. "When people see the Truebeck name, we want people to think about a company that does good, said Truesdale. I grew up in the Bay Area, and I feel blessed to have the ability to give back." Headquarters: San Mateo Website: www.truebeck.com/stewardship Mission: The Truebeck Foundation supports six initiatives: youth, health, education, workforce training, military and the environment. Annual operating budget: Approximately $1 billion Volunteers: 100 Paid staff: 650 Number of people reached/served/impacted in 2022: More than 25 charities supported and over 50 events/fundraisers. Interesting tidbit: The Truebeck Foundation’s philanthropy partners range from the Surfrider Foundation to Autism Speaks to the Positive Coaching Alliance.
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Truebeck Wins Two CEA Safety Awards

Truebeck Wins Two CEA Safety Awards

The Construction Employers’ Association has honored Truebeck with not one, but two awards: the President’s Safety Award and the Safety Excellence Award. The President's Safety Award honors CEA member firms with safety programs that go above and beyond industry standards. To qualify for this esteemed award, members must achieve a score of 4 out of 5. Thanks to Truebeck's stellar safety initiatives, we scored 5 out of 5 points. According to the CEA: Recipients of the award reported a total incident rate at least 50% below the industry average; a lost workday incident rate at least 50% below the industry average; and an experience modification rate of less than or equal to .70. They were also recognized as a Cal/OSHA Voluntary Protection Program participant (VPP), or otherwise demonstrated a comprehensive safety training program. The Safety Excellence Award similarly honors an outstanding commitment to safety. The CEA requires winners to have achieved both a total incident rate and a lost workday incident rate 25% below the industry average, an experience modification rate below 1.0, a flat or negative experience modification trend over the past four years, and demonstration of an active safety training program. These awards reflect Truebeck's unwavering dedication to safety.
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Thirty75 Tech Wins Silicon Valley Structures Award

Thirty75 Tech Wins Silicon Valley Structures Award

Truebeck’s Thirty75 Tech office building was recognized by the Silicon Valley Structures Awards with the 2023 Award for Medium Office Project. On September 28th, Mike Anderson, Sr. Vice President, and Mike Paye, Project Executive, attended the awards event held at the San Jose Marriott. The full project feature is below. Thirty75 Tech is the Structures 2023 honoree for Office Project — Medium If you’re going to impress someone, the world’s largest retailer is a great place to start. In this case, developer MDY Properties Inc., builder of Santa Clara’s Thirty75 Tech office building, attracted Amazon Web Services (AWS) while building out the property, nabbing a commitment from the company for the 238,400-square-foot structure’s top two floors in 2020. Spying an angular design by Verse Design LA that included floor-to-ceiling glass walls, however, Amazon ultimately leased out the entire building and began moving in when Thirty75 Tech was completed last year. Looking to avoid the appearance of a prototypical glazed façade, Verse Design devised a shading system that included 28 panel variations of alloy airfoil-shaped louvers hung from a steel catwalk. In all, the louvers total almost nine miles of linear feet and required a mock up of the system to ensure that the final version wouldn’t rattle once it was installed. With an exterior that welcomes visitors by eschewing any barriers and a seven-story parking structure purposely obscured on three sides by a “green screen” of native, draught-tolerant plants strung along an elaborate cable system, Thirty75 Tech also features a street presence apropos for a project that replaced a 1970s-era single-story office building and is a key cog in the redevelopment of what was a light-industrial area. Featuring widened sidewalks around the building, Thirty75 Tech also adjoins a walkway network connecting pedestrians to the bike and walking paths along nearby San Tomas Aquino Creek. Key Facts Address: 3075 Olcott St., Santa Clara Size: 505,330 square feet, including 238,400 square feet of office space, a 266,930-square-foot parking structure and 17,980 square feet of plaza space and outdoor decks on a 2.7-acre site Cost: $132 million Status: Started July 2015, completed August 2022 Amenities: A west-facing entry plaza adjacent to Olcott Street allows for outdoor area with minimal noise and pollution from nearby San Tomas Expressway and Scott Boulevard. Tidbit: Workers on the upper floors can see snow on Mount Hamilton 30 miles away during certain times of the year. Key players Leasing agents: Cushman and Wakefield Developer: MDY Properties Inc. General contractor: Truebeck Construction Architect: Verse Design LA Landscape architect: SWA Group Civil engineer: MacLeod & Associates Structural engineer: Walter P. Moore MEP engineer: Glumac Curtain wall subcontractor: Architectural Glass and Aluminum
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SF-Marin Food Bank Wins ENR Award

SF-Marin Food Bank Wins ENR Award

ENR California has announced the 2023 Best Projects Winners, and Truebeck’s San Francisco-Marin Food Bank Expansion is among them. The project won an Award of Merit in the Manufacturing category. The primary goal of this 47,000sf design-build expansion project was to increase warehouse efficiency to substantially increase food capacity to achieve the food bank’s mission to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin counties. The design-build team of Truebeck and EHDD expanded and updated the facility to create a better welcome for visitors, increase warehouse space, and renovate administrative areas. The project also created a new loading dock and a new delivery road for incoming and departing shipments. Sustainable features include two 20,000-gallon cisterns to collect water for landscaping irrigation, and the building is all-electric, lowering its carbon footprint. Click here to see all of the winners.
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Truebeck Wins Groundbreaker Award for Innovation

Truebeck Wins Groundbreaker Award for Innovation

Truebeck is pleased to announce winning a 2022 Procore Groundbreaker Award for Excellence in Innovation. One of Truebeck’s core values is “Courageously, make ideas reality,” which summarizes the firm's vision for innovation. Truebeck's culture of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit gives all team members the power to share ideas about how current processes can be improved. New ideas or innovations are shared internally, either through the “Raise the Bar" competition or directly with the Construction Technology and Innovation (CTI) team, to help develop ideas further and assemble pilot programs to put them to the test on real projects. Our forward-thinking mentality helped earn this award for new tools and technology. The development of the CTI team's real-time Data Warehouse is a prime example of how Truebeck pushes the boundaries of construction technology. See all the winners here.
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Gilead Wellbeing Center Wins ENR Award

Gilead Wellbeing Center Wins ENR Award

Truebeck is pleased to announce that the Gilead Wellbeing Center has won an ENR Award of Merit in the 2022 Regional Best Projects competition. The Gilead Wellbeing Center is a 60,000sf building that consists of an expanded 19,500sf Fitness Center, dedicated 7,800sf for Health Services, a 19,500sf Community Center, a 2,600sf Grab & Go/Juice Bar, a 5,200sf Gilead Museum, and a lobby with support spaces. There are also adjacent outdoor amenities, consisting of basketball and volleyball courts and boot camp and yoga areas. The new facility creates an aspirational statement with aesthetic elements worthy of a forward-thinking company making best use of the premium center-of-campus location. The full list of winners is listed here: ENR California Announces 2022 Best Projects Winners.
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Marin Country Day School Wins ENR Award

Marin Country Day School Wins ENR Award

Truebeck has been recognized by ENR as the recipient of the K-12 Education Award of Merit for our Marin Country Day School project. Marin Country Day School is an independent K-8 coed day school on a 35-acre campus in Corte Madera, California. Their campus redevelopment included a new two-story classroom and science building, built into a hillside with significant rock excavation, installation of temporary modular classrooms, and a 2,000 - 5,000sf remodel of existing classroom and faculty lounge areas. Additionally, Truebeck undertook the extensive site improvements, consisting of two new sports fields, parking area, underground utilities, and a complete creek restoration. The project achieved LEED Platinum and Net Zero Energy certification. The ENR awards are selected by a panel of expert judges in the construction industry to determine Best Projects winners for the region. Truebeck congratulates the project team for building this innovative, award-winning project.
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Facebook MPK22 Given VPP-C Designation

Facebook MPK22 Given VPP-C Designation

Our Facebook MPK 22 project achieved a major safety milestone! The team was awarded the Voluntary Protection Program for Construction by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (CAL/OSHA). This award goes to employers who implement exceptional safety practices and maintain injury and illness levels below the national Bureau of Labor Statistics averages. It’s no small feat to achieve. In fact, Truebeck is only one of ten contractors in the state of California with this prestigious designation. According to CAL/OSHA, statistical evidence shows that worksites that are VPP-C designated are 52 percent below average in the industry for Days Away Restricted or Transferred (DART). This VPP-C designation came after many hours of coordination and trade partner mentoring. Thank you to the safety team for all their hard work in bringing this about and thank you to everyone for continuing to implement safe practices. This wasn’t our first VPP-C designation, Facebook MPK 22 is the third project to achieve this status. We are raising the bar on safety, one job site at a time.
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Education ENR Award Goes to Truebeck

Education ENR Award Goes to Truebeck

Truebeck Construction had the opportunity on October 8, 2019 to formally accept the Engineering News-Record (ENR) award for K-12 education at the ENR Best Projects Awards ceremony. Judges awarded Truebeck for its recent renovation and expansion of Lick-Wilmerding High School. Nick Pera, Chief Operating Officer at Truebeck, was the spokesperson representing the Lick-Wilmerding project team. The team consisted of representatives from Truebeck, Lick-Wilmerding High School, EHDD Architects, Guttman & Blaevoet, and Integral Group. “We’re so proud to win this award. On a personal level, this project meant a lot. It’s not often you get to go back and work on your high school. Working with the whole Truebeck team, EHDD Architects, and the Lick-Wilmerding administration was a high point of the project,” said Nick Pera CCO of Truebeck. ENR annually hosts a regional award for different categories in the construction industry. These include areas such as K-12 education, higher education, infrastructure, worship, and many more.
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Folded Wings Project Receives 2019 Silicon Valley Structures Award

Folded Wings Project Receives 2019 Silicon Valley Structures Award

Truebeck's project, Folded Wings, received a 2019 Structures Award for Architecture from the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Our partner, Form4 Architecture, was inspired to design this 177,000sf space with a dynamic mix of materials and textures. The awards highlight the top players in several categories covering commercial real estate, development, construction, and design. Check out all the winners here.
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Truebeck Receives Cal/VPP Recognition

Truebeck Receives Cal/VPP Recognition

Truebeck Construction, a national leader in construction safety, was honored with the Cal/VPP Construction designation for their Uber HQ project in Mission Bay. Truebeck is one of eight general contractors with this distinguishing safety classification. Cal/VPP Construction companies are considered workplace safety and health leaders within their industry. Individual California worksites under the control of a Cal/VPP Construction employer are recognized as worksites expected to have significantly lower risk for serious accidents than other employer's worksites within the same industry. During the evaluation process, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), better known as Cal/OSHA, visited the project site on 10 separate occasions. This process involved a variety of detailed inspections of the project site, Truebeck’s safety programs, and subcontractor’s safety programs. Some of the attributes highlighted during this process included: Truebeck’s commitment to safety at all levels of the organization, the empowerment of individuals with training and knowledge to identify and correct unsafe conditions and actions, and our processes for identifying, correcting, and investigating safety concerns and incidents on the project site. This is Truebeck’s second project to achieve the Cal/VPP status, the first one being Apple Campus 2. This honor is a reflection of Truebeck's safety pledge and priority on every job site: one team, one goal, home safe.
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Truebeck Receives Marketing Excellence Award

Truebeck Receives Marketing Excellence Award

And the winner is... Truebeck Construction received an Award of Excellence at SMPS Build Business in San Diego on August 16th. This is the second consecutive year Truebeck has won. Last year, we received the Award of Excellence for the Video-External category. The SMPS Marketing Communications Awards Program is the longest-standing, most prestigious awards competition that recognizes excellence in marketing communications produced by professional services firms in the design and building industries. The program provides an unparalleled opportunity for professionals to showcase their best marketing practices and to educate the industry about the critical role of marketing in a successful firm. It was very inspiring to see the diverse and unique strategies that marketing teams utilized to create value at their firms. Take a look at our award winning entry!
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Truebeck Named Finalist for Marketing Excellence

Truebeck Named Finalist for Marketing Excellence

Congratulations to our extraordinary marketing team, our talented video crew, and our team members who diligently raise the bar every day! We are finalists for a national marketing award - the 2018 Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) Marketing Communications Awards! We are thrilled to have our 2017 marketing video initiative recognized in the Special Event-Digital category. The video celebrates Truebeck's 10-year anniversary, with an unpredictable twist: spotlighting our children. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. This is the second consecutive year Truebeck has been recognized as a finalist. Last year, we won the Award of Excellence for the Video-External category. The SMPS Marketing Communications Awards Program is the longest-standing, most prestigious awards competition that recognizes excellence in marketing communications produced by professional services firms in the design and building industries. The program provides an unparalleled opportunity for professionals to showcase their best marketing practices and to educate the industry about the critical role of marketing in a successful firm. All winners are honored on stage and with an award during the SMPS Awards Gala on August 16 in San Diego, held in conjunction with Build Business, the Society’s annual conference. Winning entries will be on display throughout the conference, August 15–17, for the benefit of the attendees. In addition, winning firms are promoted to industry media and building industry associations, in SMPS publications including Marketer, on the SMPS website and social media channels, and in DesignIntelligence’s Almanac of Architecture & Design.
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One in 500 – Truebeck Celebrates Best Places to Work Award!

One in 500 – Truebeck Celebrates Best Places to Work Award!

The results are in! On April 18th, 2018, Truebeck was honored with a Best Places to Work Award, ranking #14 out of 500 companies in the Bay Area. This is the second consecutive year Truebeck ranked in the Top 15. Each company on the Best Places to Work list was ranked exclusively by their employees. Truebeck was measured on such values as trust in leadership, collaborative culture, personal engagement and satisfaction of individual needs through great benefits and perks. This year’s winners survived a nomination pool of more than 500 applicants that span many industries and sizes. One of our core values is: Business and life are all about people. For us, this means people are #1 – and we’ve built the business around this fundamental belief. We place importance on creating a great work environment and on welcoming employee feedback. This award recognizes our efforts to put people first. We are committed to keeping Truebeck a fantastic place to work! To learn more about Truebeck’s culture and opportunities, please visit our Careers page. Congratulations to our Truebeck Team!
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Truebeck Recognized as Top 20 Best Places to Work

Truebeck Recognized as Top 20 Best Places to Work

The results are in! On April 18, 2018, the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal held the annual Best Places to Work Awards. For the second consecutive year, Truebeck ranked in the Top 15 Best Places to Work. It is an honor to be formally recognized by the Business Journals and ranked so highly by our very own employees. That’s what makes the award so special – that each company’s employees exclusively determined the winners. Bay Area workers were asked to complete an assessment that measures their company on such values as trust in leadership, collaborative culture, personal engagement and satisfaction of individual needs through great benefits and perks. This year’s winners survived a nomination pool of more than 500 applicants that span many industries and sizes. Combined, 49,000 Bay Area employees work for these 130 standout companies. At Truebeck, one of our core values is: Business and life are all about people. This award recognizes our efforts to put people first. To learn more about Truebeck’s culture and opportunities, please visit our Careers page. Thank you and congratulations to our Truebeck Team!
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Truebeck Wins Coveted CEA Safety Awards Once Again

Truebeck Wins Coveted CEA Safety Awards Once Again

The Construction Employers’ Association has awarded Truebeck Construction with the President’s Safety Award – the highest achievement for Safety Excellence and the Safety Excellence Award. One of Truebeck’s guiding values Safety in the workplace, implemented through our Target Zero Safety Program. These awards are a testament to our team’s commitment to our values. Recipients of the President’s Award reported a total incident rate at least 50% below the industry average; a lost workday incident rate at least 50% below the industry average; and an experience modification rate of less than or equal to .70. They were also recognized as a Cal/OSHA Voluntary Protection Program participant (VPP), or otherwise demonstrated a comprehensive safety training program. Truebeck will be presented with the award at the CEA Annual General Membership Dinner in January, 2018. Learn more about our Target Zero Safety Program here
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SSU Wine Business Institute Wins Top Project Award!

SSU Wine Business Institute Wins Top Project Award!

The North Bay Business Journal has just announced their 12th Annual Top Project Awards – celebrating outstanding construction projects located in their local region and key industry partners who make them possible. Truebeck’s Sonoma State Wine Business Institute (WBI) has been recognized as a Top Project winner for 2017! Truebeck was honored at a gala award celebration in early December and will be featured in the North Bay Business Journal. Check out the North Bay Business Journal article here.
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Truebeck Project Wins Coworky Award!

Truebeck Project Wins Coworky Award!

Truebeck’s project for Bespoke has won a Coworky Award in the “Best Space Design” category. The awards highlight community workspaces and collaborative offices that are inspired, unique, and cohesive for the community. Check out all the winners here. “Bespoke Coworking, Events, and Demo was designed specifically as a retail-tech hub in the heart of Westfield Shopping Centre. Each square foot was meticulously designed to be flexible enough to exude the warmth of a second home, while doubling up on functionality.”
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