Operations
Granite crews start the day with this short meeting to review tasks, hazards, and safety measures.
What is a Take-5 meeting?
Granite Construction was founded this year.
What is 1922?
One of the largest freight railroads in the U.S. that we have an extensive partnership with.
What is BNSF?
This core value emphasizes doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.
What is integrity?
This is earned for helping recruit qualified candidates hired into positions at Granite or its subsidiaries. (Hint: 2 answers)
What is Granite Gold and Craft Gold?
This number identifies Granite's official contractor license in the state of California.
What is 89?
The company’s original headquarters were located in this California city.
What is Watsonville?
The DCR Estimating hit rate (successful bids) in 2025 is currently this % of total volume of bids.
What is 16.4%?
“We build the best team” reflects this Granite core value.
What is excellence?
A group formed to unify employees, foster inclusion, celebrate contributions, and live our core values to drive innovation and excellence.
What is Employee Community?
Before paving begins, Granite crews in Desert Cities may hire a subcontractor to perform this process to remove old pavement.
What is excavation/pulverize/milling?
The month and year we opened the DCR Inland Empire office.
What is April 2024?
The estimate that can be accessed in HeavyBid that contains the budget for the project.
What is the conformed estimate?
Year that the Community Outreach Group was founded.
What is 2023?
The number of interns DCR had in 2025.
What is 12?
When a client asks for clarification on project details, Granite responds with this formal document.
What is an RFI?
In 1992, Granite acquired this company in Indio, CA, that is now the Desert Cities Region.
What is Tarmac Construction?
A meeting required by the Construction Playbook to allow for the transfer of knowledge from the estimating team to the project team.
What is the Estimator Handoff?
This is a website and mobile app that houses all of Granite’s recognition programs in one place.
What is Granite Gratitude?
The name of the name of the value that incorporates both the job profit and plant profit.
What is stacked margin?
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What is stacked mark-up?
As of today, the Desert Cities Region has gone this many days without a recordable safety incident.
What is 60 days?