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Awards and Recognition: Crafting Excellence with Every Project

Complete client satisfaction is our goal, and our work speaks for itself. Serving as Rapid City’s premier general contractor for 30+ years, RCS Construction has earned numerous awards and recognition for our service and work.

  • Voted Business of The Year - by Spearfish Education Association
  • Voted Best Construction Award of the Black Hills - By Rapid City Journal
  • Voted Best Local Contractor of the Black Hills - By Rapid City Journal
  • Voted Construction Industry Center's Craftsmanship Awards for Whitewood Creek Restoration Project- Bid Package 1 Corridor Reconstruction, Deadwood SD

  • Voted Favorite Construction Company of the Black Hills - By Rapid City Journal
  • Voted Best Contractor Award for Rapid City - By Best Contractor Awards Judging Panel of Industry Specialists
  • AGC Build South Dakota Award - Category II - For Outstanding Highway-Heavy-Utility Construction Whitewood Creek, Deadwood, SD
  • AGC Master Craftsman Award -  Whitewood Creek, Deadwood, SD
  • Presidents Safety Award - By Delta Indemity Group

  • President's Safety Award - By Delta Indemnity Group
  • Construction Industry Center Craftsmanship Awards: Cannabis Health - Exterior Metal & Aluminum Siding and Roofing & Interior Finish Carpentry (Rapid City, SD)
  • Voted Best Contractor Award for Rapid City - By Best Contractor Awards Judging Panel of Industry Specialists
  • Meritorious Achievement Award - In Recognition of Excellence in Injury Prevention Performance in Occupational Safety (By South Dakota Safety Council)
  • Voted Best Construction Company of the Black Hills - By Rapid City Journal
  • SIPA Annual Building Excellence Award - DC Booth National Fish Hatchery (Spearfish, SD)

  • President's Safety Award - By Delta Indemnity Group
  • Voted Best Contractor Award for Rapid City - By Best Contractor Awards Judging Panel of Industry Specialists
  • Voted Best Construction Company of the Black Hills - By Rapid City Journal
  • Voted Best Local Contractor of the Black Hills - By Rapid City Journal
  • Voted one of 50 Best Places to Work - By Prairie Business (SD, ND, MN)
  • Construction Industry Center Craftsmanship Awards: Site Work, Utilities, Concrete Regency Court Storm Sewer Improvement (Rapid City, SD)

  • Metal Building Award - By Chief Buildings Warehouse Freed’s Distribution Center Rapid City, SD
  • Voted Best Contractor Award for Rapid City - By Best Contractor Awards Judging Panel of Industry Specialists
  • Voted Best Construction Company of the Black Hills - By Rapid City Journal
  • Voted Best Heavy Equipment Company of the Black Hills -By Rapid City Journal
  • Voted one of 50 Best Places to Work By Prairie Business out of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota
  • Best of Rapid City Awards for the Category Construction Estimates By Rapid City Award Program

  • AGC Build South Dakota Award - Category II - For Outstanding Highway-Heavy-Utility Construction Jackson Boulevard Street & Utility Improvement Project Phase I Spearfish, SD
  • Voted Best Contractor Award for Rapid City - By Best Contractor Awards Judging Panel of Industry Specialists
  • Voted Best Local Contractor of the Black Hills - By Rapid City Journal
  • Voted Best Concrete Company of the Black Hills - By Rapid City Journal
  • Voted one of 50 Best Places to Work - By Prairie Business out of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota
  • Voted Best Storage Facility Builder in the US - By General Contractors Magazine
  • Under 40 in Construction Equipment Awards - Brent Wurdeman
  • Craftsmanship Awards: General Trades - KAJV & Pre Excavation Painting - By Construction Industry Center Spearfish, SD
  • Craftsmanship Awards: Concrete and Utility Work - Jackson Boulevard - Phase 1 Improvements - By Construction Industry Center Spearfish, SD

  • SDRMCA Concrete Awards of Excellence - Common Cents Rapid City, SD
  • Voted Best Cafe Builder in South Dakota - By General Contractors Magazine
  • Voted one of 50 Best Places to Work - By Prairie Business out of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota
  • Under 40 in Construction Equipment Awards - RC Scull, Evan Walterman


  • AGC Build South Dakota Award - Category II For Outstanding Highway-Heavy-Utility Construction Idaho, E. Nevada, Ivy Street and Robbinsdale Park Reconstruction Rapid City, SD

  • AGC Build South Dakota Award - Category I For Outstanding Highway-Heavy-Utility Construction Meadowbrook Elementary School Phase 1A Drainage Improvements Rapid City, SD

  • Construction Industry Center - Craftsmanship Awards: Division 13: Special Construction - City of Summerset Wastewater Treatment Plant  Summerset, SD

  • Construction Industry Center - Craftsmanship Awards: Division 3: Concrete - Meadowbrook Elementry School Drainage Improvements Phase 1A Rapid City, SD

  • Construction Industry Center - Craftsmanship Awards: Division 2: Sitework and Utilities - E. Idaho, Ivy & Nevada Street Reconstruction and Robbinsdale Park Reconstruction  Rapid City, SD


  • AGC Build South Dakota Award - Category I For Outstanding Highway-Heavy-Utility Construction Spearfish Woodstave Penstock Replacement Spearfish, SD
  • Construction Industry Center Craftsmanship Awards: Division 3: Concrete GCC Kiln 6 - Upgrade Detailed Elevated Concrete Structure Rapid City, SD





  • Interior Finish Carpentry Orchard Meadows Common Cents Rapid City, SD
  • Retaining Walls Construction 84 Van Buren Street Deadwood, SD


  • Demolition/Dirtwork Construction JC Penney Floor Slab Replacement Rapid City, SD
  • Sustainability Award Trinity Eco Prayer Park Rapid City, SD - 2015

  • Siding & Metal Roofing Rapid Valley Fire Station Rapid City, SD
  • Concrete Tilt Up Panels Rapid Chevrolet Cadillac Rapid City, SD

10" Decant Pipeline Sanford Underground Laboratory at Homestake Lead, SD

  • Special Construction Sanford Lab Yates Shaft Rehabilitation Lead, SD

  • Site Work Roughlock Improvement Plan | Roughlock Falls, Spearfish Canyon

  • Star Building Systems Outstanding Builder Award — 2001-2002
  • GCC Dacotah Cement Rapid City Skate Park — 2002

  • Street Improvement Sundance Street Project Sundance, Wyoming

  • Dacotah Cement Broadway Parking Structure — 1998  Pamida — 1997
  • US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award — 1998
  • Memorial Arch & Plaza — 1996
  • Sherman Street Reconstruction — 1996
  • Associated General Contractors "Build With The Best" 2004 State Award Certificate of Commendation for Safety Excellence — 1996, 1997, 1998 
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