RCI Construction Group
Specialty: Light rail, powerplants, public works, commercial, environmental, roadwork and utilities
Management: Andrew Albrecht, president/CEO
Year founded: 1978
Headquarters: Sumner
2003 revenues: $202 million
Projected 2004 revenues: Over $200 million
Largest current projects: Sound Transit light-rail Rainier Valley segment, sanitary waste pump stations in King County, and Cedar Hills landfill site
Image courtesy of RCI Construction Group Building light-rail service through the Rainier Valley for Sound Transit is a $128 million project for RCI Construction Group and venture partner firm Herzog Contracting.
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The biggest long-term contract on RCI Construction Group’s roster is Sound Transit’s new $128 million light-rail project through the Rainier Valley, work to be shared with Herzog Contracting of St. Joseph, Mo.
Work will include a total reconstruction of a 4.5-mile stretch of Martin Luther King Jr. Way, rebuilding up to five lanes of traffic with a light-rail track and stations in the middle sections.
“There will be great long-term benefits to this project,” said RCI’s President/CEO Andy Albrecht, whose Sumner-based company won the contract with a bid $30.4 million under the engineer’s estimate.
“From an overall community standpoint, we’re also working very hard to exceed Sound Transit’s goals for involving minority- and women-owned businesses in the project. We expect to sign 30 to 40 small contractors who will share in a piece of this work,” he said.
The company is also working on two major sewer pump stations for King County, totaling $22.5 million, and a $20 million contract for sealing off a section of the Cedar Hills Landfill that is at capacity, as well as opening up two new cells for burying future waste.
“We’re finally seeing some decent public works projects coming out the door, such as the Sea-Tac Airport expansion and some Department of Transportation projects because of new funding. It’s been three to four years since we’ve seen that kind of activity. We’re optimistic that the public side of the market will continue to improve,” he said.
On the private side, he sees no end in sight for the strong single-family housing market but notes “the commercial side has been dead and there’s also no end in sight for that (trend) either.”
Does he see any major problems on the construction market horizon?
“A shortage of land will become a significant issue, particularly for single-family homebuilding, because consumption has been so high,” he said.
For RCI Construction Group, he sees “a steady growth pattern with no significant changes in what we’re doing,” adding that the business has been expanding its work in other regions over the past three to four years. “Due to the quiet market here ... I hope the future growth will be Washington growth.”
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