Quick Facts
- FromHouston, TXTexan-born, Mexican-rooted
- TradeCommercial Construction~20 years on the job
- Founded RJT2008In-house crews, family-owned
- Also RunsCommercial Real Estate+ adjacent ventures
- FamilyFirst. Always.Parents, siblings, cousins, crew
- CommunityQuiet GiverGroceries, cash drops, youth programs
- FaithThe reason for the workNot the reward
From The Yard. By Hand. By Heart.
Roman Torres didn't inherit a construction empire. He built one the long way. tape measure first, calluses second, payroll third. Twenty years in the trades will shape a man, and Roman wears every one of them in how he runs RJT today: deliberate, hands-on, and stubbornly unwilling to phone it in.
He came up in commercial construction the way most legitimate operators do. by showing up before the foreman and leaving after the cleanup. Concrete first. Then steel. Then roofing. Then site work. Then the job most contractors quietly avoid: putting his own name on the truck. RJT Construction was founded in 2008 with a single rule that still runs the company today: if our name is on it, our crews built it.
But ask anyone who actually knows Roman, and they'll tell you the construction company is just one of the things he runs. He's a serial entrepreneur, a commercial real-estate investor, a builder, a backer of side ventures, and the guy his cousins, his employees, and his neighbors all call when they need someone steady. Family first. Then the work. Then the community. In that order. Always.
He's also (and this is the part he won't say out loud) one of the more quietly generous people in his circle. He backs youth and trade programs. He answers when an employee, a cousin, or a neighbor needs help. He shows up at the community drives and writes a check on the way out. Success, in Roman's book, isn't what you keep. It's what you can put back into the place that made you.
He's loud about Texas. Loud about his Mexican heritage. Loud about his family. Quiet about almost everything else. That's the man behind RJT.
