Tag: RBV

The Story Behind the RBV Name

An RBV employee drives a steamroller across a job site

In addition to being a full-service, 8(a) and HUBZone certified construction contractor, RBV Contracting is a Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), which is something our team is very proud of. RBV is named after our founder, Rodolfo “Rudy” B. Villarreal, who grew up in Sabinas Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Humble Beginnings […]

Digging Detroit and Brush Park: The City Modern Project

An RBV Contracting employee lifts a chain around a large concrete block on a construction site

Project: City Modern Location: Detroit’s Brush Park Neighborhood Value: Over $4 million Client: Bedrock Detroit Completion Date: Summer 2018   Centrally located in Detroit’s Brush Park neighborhood, the City Modern project is yet another partnership between RBV Contracting and Bedrock Detroit. We have had the honor of working with Bedrock, THE leading full-service commercial real […]

It’s Time to Put Infrastructure First

Several scaffoldings and other objects on a work site during sundown

*This article was originally posted in Grand Rapids Business Journal Sewer, water, roads, bridges, tunnels, power, parking — all are essential to supporting a city’s growth. Infrastructure isn’t a topic often discussed at dinner parties; it doesn’t quite hold the excitement of developments like hotels, mixed-use buildings or the relocation of a national retailer. When […]

Construction Companies Cannot Afford to Overlook Digital Marketing

A man sits at a desk and works on digital marketing at his laptop

This article, written by RBV Contracting vice president Jim Foucher, was originally published in Construction Executive.   Regardless of the industry, customers no longer want to be pursued, cold called or sold to. They want to be in charge and go online to find the information they need. The construction industry is no different.  Whether […]

Project Summary: Little Caesar’s Arena

The Redwings play inside of RBV Contracting's Little Caesars Arena.

This past year our crew had the opportunity to work on Little Ceasar’s Arena. The arena which is now “home” to Detroit’s NHL (National Hockey League) and NBA (National Basketball Association) teams, cost $862.9 million to construct and opened on Sept. 5, 2017. Little Ceasar’s Arena can respectively hold 20,000 hockey spectators and 21,000 basketball spectators, […]

RBV Contracting Hosts Special Guest, Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator!

Linda McMahon poses with RBV Contracting's president, Rudy Villarrel and vice president, Jim Foucher.

Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and voice of small businesses on President Trump’s Cabinet visited our Brush Park/City Modern development site and we couldn’t be more humbled by this experience! The Administrator visited the Comeback City on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, while on her SBA Ignite Tour. McMahon hand-picked to […]