RB Construction Company

RB Construction Company, a veteran-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, delivers construction, maintenance, repair, and infrastructure services as a prime contractor across federal civilian and defense agencies under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The company holds SBA certifications as a Veteran-Owned Small Business and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (expiring October 14, 2027) and is minority-owned and Native American-owned. RB Construction operates as a Subchapter S corporation and competes primarily under small business set-asides, with recent activity split between Total Small Business designations and unrestricted awards.

RB Construction's capability portfolio centers on building construction, renovation, facility repairs, and infrastructure modernization across NAICS 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction) and related codes. The company executes HVAC replacements, roofing work, plumbing and electrical upgrades, parking lot rehabilitation, bridge replacements, dredging, and specialized projects such as fire suppression system installation and personal fall arrest system design. Representative work includes a $7.4 million operating room renovation at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in St. Louis (firm fixed-price definitive contract, August 2021), a $2.33 million pond and kettle construction project at Genoa National Fish Hatchery in Wisconsin under the Great American Outdoors Act MATOC ($2.33 million, May 2023), a $1.94 million delivery order for antiterrorism and force protection upgrades and vehicle access gate replacement at Scott Air Force Base under the Scott AFB Multiple Award Construction Contract (October 2025), and a $1.79 million Air Handling Unit replacement at Scott AFB (October 2025).

Customer concentration is split between defense and civilian agencies. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 anchors 39 awards with $260.9 million combined potential value, and the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region holds 15 awards at $270.3 million combined potential value. The Air Force Air Mobility Command (33 awards, $248.5 million) and the U.S. Coast Guard (28 awards, $213 million) round out the major customers. By award count, the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Rock Island leads with 50 awards ($52.7 million) and the Forest Service Eastern Region contributes 43 awards ($11.3 million). These five customer agencies account for 44% of recent awards and 68% of combined potential value, indicating concentration in VA, Army, and Air Force missions.

RB Construction holds multiple substantial indefinite-delivery vehicles. The $250 million Great American Outdoors Act Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, set aside for total small businesses through December 31, 2026, has generated 36 task orders ($18.2 million combined potential value) for bridge replacements, roof work, parking lot rehabilitation, and facility repairs at national wildlife refuges and forests. The company received a $96.2 million Army Contracting Command–Detroit Arsenal MATOC effective August 3, 2025, through August 2, 2030, for minor construction at Detroit Arsenal and Selfridge Air National Guard Base (multiple award, total small business set-aside). The $90 million Air Mobility Command FY24 Multiple Award Construction Contract at Scott Air Force Base extends through April 2032 and supports facility maintenance and infrastructure upgrades. A $55 million U.S. Coast Guard Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded September 20, 2024, through September 19, 2028, provides civil engineering support across Coast Guard installations. A $5 million Department of Agriculture Forest Service Job Corps IDC awarded June 1, 2024, through July 31, 2029, covers construction and maintenance at Job Corps centers in the Southeast. The General Services Administration Heartland Region 6 Design Build IDIQ (2020–2025, $100 million) and additional vehicles with the Air National Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, and other agencies round out a portfolio exceeding $500 million in aggregate capacity.

Activity has remained steady over the past five years—27 awards in 2022, 24 in 2023, 29 in 2024, declining to 17 in 2025, with 1 award in 2026 year-to-date. The recompete cliff shows minimal near-term pressure: only one award ($1.8 million combined potential value) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Across 453 prime awards documented, RB Construction has obligated $232.8 million (13% of $1.75 billion combined potential value), reflecting the typical draw-down pattern on indefinite-delivery vehicles and task-order-based contracts.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold (a subset excluding goods, products, and non-federal work) totaled $31.4 million across FY2022–FY2024, with $6.8 million in FY2022, $11.3 million in FY2023, and $13.2 million in FY2024. The vendor's SCI-reported federal services workforce grew from 2.3 FTEs in FY2022 to 2.4 FTEs in FY2023 to 6.6 FTEs in FY2024, reflecting expansion in labor-intensive contract delivery. Government-paid hourly rates on these SCI contracts span a wide range—10th percentile $136.04/hr, median $1,131.76/hr, 90th percentile $5,415.83/hr—reflecting a mix of equipment operators, laborers, and specialized trades. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, an average of 19% of hours were performed by subcontractors, with 20 named subs appearing across the prime portfolio, indicating a blended delivery model using internal capacity and subcontractor support for specialized and surge work.

RB Construction operates as a 100% prime contractor in recent federal awards, with no documented sub-awards, and manages subcontractor relationships within its own delivery structure rather than functioning as a feeder sub to larger primes. The company's geographic footprint spans the Midwest (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri), East (Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Pennsylvania), and specific mission-critical sites such as Scott Air Force Base, Detroit Arsenal, VA medical centers, Coast Guard installations, and Department of Interior lands nationwide.

Renovation, Design-Build, Pre-Engineered, Civil, Concrete, Steel, Masonry, Glass, Restoration, Historic, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, HVAC, Painting, Flooring, Carpentry, Underground, Bridge, Levee, Controls, 8(a), SDVOSB, Fiber Optics, Finishes