RQ Construction

RQ Construction is a design-build contractor based in Carlsbad, California, that has focused on federal and defense work since its founding in 1996. The firm keeps design, engineering, estimating, procurement and construction under one roof, including self-perform crews and virtual design and construction. Its clients include the Department of the Navy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Air Force and the Air National Guard, and it works at installations across the U.S., in Puerto Rico and at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Projects the company lists include a $51.4 million ambulatory care center at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and an aircraft paint complex at Naval Base Coronado. RQ is one of 15 contractors on NAVFAC Northwest’s $9 billion MACC, awarded Sept. 30, 2026.