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Family Owned & Operated

Steel is in
our blood.

Four generations of iron workers. One family-run company. RCSI brings hard-earned structural steel expertise to renewable energy projects across California and the West.

RCSI structural steel frame
Our Story

A legacy of steel, built into renewable energy.

Renewable Construction Services, Inc. was founded in 2018 on a simple idea: bring generations of hard-earned steel construction expertise into the fast-growing renewable energy market. The Lippert family has worked iron for four generations, from rebar and concrete to full structural steel erection.

Today RCSI is a family-owned general contractor delivering turn-key solar structures and structural steel across California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, and Washington, designed, engineered, and installed by one accountable team that treats every client relationship as one built to last.

4
Generations of iron workers
2018
RCSI founded
1,000+
Structures built over our team's careers
100%
Self-performed installation
Escondido, CA
Headquarters
B
Class B - General Contractor · CSLB-B #1056523
Leadership

The family behind the steel.

Drew Lippert, President and CEO of RCSI
President & CEO
Founder
"I am a trusted advisor. When we get a seat at the table to help design the site, the schedule, and the feel of the project, we all win."

A third-generation steel man, Drew has been in the trade since he was 16, that's 44 years connected to the field. He worked for his father through high school, earned his California contractor's license after Orange Coast College, and by his late twenties owned his own rebar company. He was later hired on as a project manager at a solar structures firm and rose to Vice President before founding RCSI in 2018.

As CEO, Drew leads the company's financial and estimating work and hunts for new opportunities to grow the team. He's proudest of the hardest builds, long spans over complex sites and structures tied into existing parking garages, and lives by careful planning so that when boots hit the ground, schedules are beat and costs stay in line. He holds integrity above all, and believes people are always due the truth.

Experience
44 years
Credential
Class B - General Contractor
Based
Carlsbad, CA
Operations
"Doing great work means walking away leaving a site better than we found it, new infrastructure built to stand the test of time."

Jake is a fourth-generation iron worker, construction is in his blood. He started on crews for his father, Drew, straight out of high school, and rose fast: by 20 he was running crews on everything from complex layout and form setting to tying rebar, pouring concrete, and steel erection.

As General Manager since 2019, Jake oversees field operations, procurement, and vendor and client relations. He takes pride in the builds others struggle to wrap their heads around, long spans over complex sites, connections to existing parking garages, tough soils and elevations solved alongside structural and geotechnical engineers, all delivered without shutting a client's facility down. Carrying his family's legacy into renewable energy, he sees clean-power structures that support good careers as a true win-win.

With RCSI
Since 2019
Focus
Field & procurement
Based
Vista, CA
Jake Lippert, General Manager of RCSI
General Manager
What We Stand For

The values we build on.

Integrity first

We hold integrity at the highest value in everything we do. People can handle the truth, and they're due it, honest pricing, honest timelines, honest answers.

Relationships, not jobs

We don't chase individual projects, we build lasting relationships. Understanding a client's needs, pricing them fairly, and executing well is what earns trust and repeat work.

Plan, then execute

Planning, pre-planning, and coordination mean that when boots hit the ground there are no surprises, schedules are beat, and costs stay in line.

Why Choose RCSI

American steel.
One accountable team.

Many solar structures pass through two or three companies before they stand. Ours don't. We design and engineer every project and install it with our own crews, so the people who design it are the people who build it.

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Self-performed, start to finish

Design, engineering, and installation under one roof, with steel fabricated to the permitted plans. One team owns the outcome, and no one passes the blame.

American structural steel

American-made steel, engineered and sized to carry load and stand through wind, seismic, and decades of sun. Not off-the-shelf racking.

One team, pre-construction to final QC

Every project is controlled by the same team from pre-construction through final quality control. We'll partner with you to support you getting it permitted.

A track record measured in structures

More than a thousand structures over our team's careers, across commercial and industrial, public agency, and agricultural sites across the West.

Contact RCSI today

Let's build it.

We're a family owned and operated business headquartered in Escondido, CA. Send us your details and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Corporate Office

508 West Mission Avenue, Suite 202,
Escondido, CA 92025

Hours

Monday to Friday
7:00 AM to 3:30 PM Pacific

Your details go straight to the RCSI team.

Let's build something that lasts.

Bring us to the table early and we'll help shape the site, the schedule, and the structure, then build it with American steel.