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Alten Construction’s history is filled with significant moments that drove us forward as a company and contribute to our current success.
We’ve come a long way from when we first began in Bob and Shannon Alten’s basement in 1995, when they put up their own home and personal property as collateral for their first performance bond. Now, thanks to their leadership and commitment to providing clients and employees with the best experience possible, Alten Construction is one of the most well-respected general contractors in the San Francisco Bay Area and has more than 100 employees and $75 million in annual revenue.
We are proud of our homegrown history, and look upon our business as our second family. We invite you to review an interactive timeline that shows the major milestones that we have achieved throughout the years.
Read More about the history of our founding and of Bob and Shannon Alten.
Alten Construction Timeline
We complete our very first project, the renovation of 23 restrooms at Merritt College, Laney College and the College of Alameda.
Client: Peralta Community College District
Contract amount: $487,088
Bob and Shannon rent their first office space (1,000 square feet) at 18 Mary Street, San Rafael.
We expand our office and move to 44 Woodland Avenue, San Rafael: 1,600 square feet of office space and 1,600 square feet of warehouse space.
We complete our first $2,000,000 project, converting the existing library into a new lab space at the College of Alameda.
Client: Peralta Community College District.
March 9th
Chad Casper, Superintendent, joins the Alten team.
June 2nd
Erik Andresen, Chief Estimator, joins the Alten team.
March 2nd
Mike Kane, Carpenter, joins the Alten team.
March 8th
Trevor Simon, Superintendent, joins the Alten team.
We build the new Berkeley Alternative High School for Berkeley Unified School District.
Contract: $3,326,740.
This is our first significant, ground‐up construction project.
June 19th
Pablo Castro, Carpenter, joins the Alten team.
June 26th
Marco Mederos, Laborer, joins the Alten team.
March 1st
Chris Chierici, Superintendent, joins the Alten team.
We structurally renovate four apartment complexes.
Client: Marin Housing Authority.
Contract: $5,595,206.
This is our first project over $5 million.
June 3, 2002
James Mitchell, Project Manager, joins the Alten team.
April 9th
Juan Sanchez, Laborer, joins the Alten team.
April 19th
Guillermo Manzo, Carpenter, joins the Alten team.
We expand our office and move to 720 12th Street, Richmond: 6,000 square feet of office space and 11,000 square feet of warehouse space.
June 3rd
Sam Loew, Shop Manager, joins the Alten team.
June 23rd
Tim Brown, Superintendent, joins the Alten team.
June 3rd
Alejandro Hernandez, Laborer, joins the Alten team.
We complete science laboratory renovations for the dental building at Diablo Valley College.
Client: Contra Costa Community College District
Contract: $10,055,730
This is our first project over $10 million.
We construct new classroom and multipurpose buildings at Bel Aire Elementary School.
Client: Reed Union School District
Contract: $11,333,158
This project is our first ground‐up project over $10 million.
Our laboratory project at the Buck Institute is awarded Top Research Facilities Project by the North Bay Business Journal.
We complete renovations at George Washington High School.
Client: San Francisco Unified School District
Contract: $20,380,000
This is our first $20 million project.
We concurrently build two new school campuses at Dover Elementary and Ford Elementary, two projects totaling $41.2 million and 121,175 square feet.
Client: West Contra Costa Unified School District
We perform $30 million of work in the East Bay for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District, seismically updating eight miles of track and renovating several stations.
These are our first big transportation projects.
We complete construction of the new gymnasium and classroom building at Berkeley High School.
Client: Berkeley Unified School District
Contract: $25.7 million
We renovate Mission Dolores Park.
Client: City and County of San Francisco
Contract: $15 million
We complete construction of the new, professional-quality theater at Palo Alto High School.
Client: Palo Alto Unified School District
Contract: $22.9 million
We open our beautiful new headquarters on the revitailzed waterfront.
June 22nd
We complete construction of the Menlo-Atherton New Classrooms
Client: Sequoia Union High School District
Contract: $21 million
Alten is awarded the prestigious award for Historic Project of the Year for the restoration of the Goodman Library in Napa.
July 15th
Howard Burgess, Superintendent, joins the Alten team.