Riggs Distler, Inc

Riggs Distler has served the Power Generation, Heavy Industrial, and Utility Companies that power the Eastern United States for more than 110 years. Since 1909, we’ve remained the first choice for power and utility providers throughout the Eastern region. A core commitment to safety, careful adherence to schedules and budgets, and a broad range of turnkey services sets Riggs Distler apart as the preferred sole-source partner of the region’s most important companies.  Our nimble business model and versatile staff enables us to deliver a full suite of key services in-house. We save clients time, money, and headaches by consolidating work that would normally be performed by multiple companies into our single, streamlined approach. While competitors lack our broad expertise, Riggs Distler assures clients that the same team will be responsible for managing projects from start to finish, eliminating opportunities for inconsistencies or miscommunications that compromise end results.

Riggs Distler employs the industry’s most skilled and experienced project managers and union craft personnel to deliver lasting solutions, no matter how challenging or complex the project. For over 110 years, we’ve helped the Energy and Utility industry develop the infrastructure that powers the Eastern United States. With our commitment to safety, planning, and efficiency, we act as a turnkey partner so that our clients can focus on what matters—their business. 

Proven Expertise You Can Trust

Our people power our progress, and Riggs Distler is committed to hiring, training, and retaining the best staff in the industry, from the back office to the front lines of fieldwork. Using skilled union laborers and veteran management, our commitment to our employees ensures clients work with high-quality talent at every level of our organization.  Our mission is to keep your facilities and infrastructure running smoothly so that you can focus on your business. A recognized leader across the Eastern region, it’s a mission we’ve been achieving for more than a century. Reliability, reputation, and results—let Riggs Distler help you build for the future.

EXPERTISE YOU CAN COUNT ON

Outsourcing complex technical services requires confidence. You need to be confident you’re working with a company that makes job-site safety the highest priority. A company that hires the industry’s best and most-qualified staff. A company with the team, technology, and hands-on expertise to consistently deliver quality results everyday, from planning, to execution, to close-out.  Riggs Distler builds every project we undertake on a foundation of more than 110 years of industry experience. We’ve been technological pioneers from the start, continuously developing safe and innovative solutions to challenges facing the utility, heavy industrial, and power generation industries.  Our expertise and reliability is demonstrated by our unwavering commitment to worker safety, our impressive repertoire of clients, and our longstanding record of successfully completing award-winning work. In 2019 we worked 3 Million Man Hours and staffed 1500 employees.  Unique in the industry, Riggs Distler provides companies with streamlined, turnkey service capabilities. Our diverse skill set and wealth of experience means that specialist experts will oversee and optimize every stage of your project from start to finish. Eliminating the stress and uncertainty of juggling multiple contractors, Riggs Distler saves clients time and money, enabling major projects to be completed on shorter timelines and tighter budgets. And with our commitment to safety and a zero-accident culture, clients can be sure their project investment rests in the most capable hands.  Building on our legacy of innovation, Riggs Distler’s meticulous specialists take pride in the quality, safety, and performance of our work. We’re not just serving our clients with the projects we complete—we’re helping serve your customers. As the face of your project in the field, we prioritize customer relations and end-user satisfaction as much as you do.

ENGINEERING THE FUTURE OF POWER

Renewable energy is a fast-growing sector of the U.S. energy industry. As more municipalities and consumers choose to support companies that use renewable energy sources and green building materials, Riggs Distler has invested heavily in hiring renewables experts and mastering the new technologies and services necessary to bring renewable power to the grid.  Building on 100 years of hands-on experience bringing power to homes, businesses, and industrial facilities across the Eastern United States, we’ve integrated our renewable services alongside our existing offerings to deliver first-class safety and execution on behalf of our clients. Regulatory expertise, technical know-how, and our commitment to a culture of safety has made Riggs Distler a leader in the growing renewables field. To date we have installed 200 Mega Watts in the United States.

NATURAL GAS COMPANIES RELY ON RIGGS DISTLER

Riggs Distler is the natural gas industry’s contractor of choice. Over more than a century of continuous service, we have established ourselves as a proven partner to the Eastern region’s largest and most important natural gas providers. Operating under field-tested managers who prioritize safety and efficiency above all else, our team of talented project managers and union craft field staff are committed to ensuring your customers receive the gas services they depend on 24 hours a day.

On-Call Solutions for Your Gas Distribution Network

Our record of reliability sets Riggs Distler apart. Building on a foundation stretching back more than 100 years, our natural gas specialists use the latest technologies, approaches, and safety practices to serve your needs on an on-call, as-needed basis. From emergency repairs to keep networks functioning safely to planning and executing system upgrades or laying new gas mains, we’re dedicated to keeping your systems operating at peak capacity and efficiency.  Clients trust Riggs Distler to get the job done the right way. Our enduring safety culture and turnkey service offerings make us the first choice for companies looking to streamline the upkeep and performance of their gas distribution systems. By performing all of the work you need in-house, we allow you to focus on your business, knowing your network is in the hands of the industry’acs most accomplished experts.

POWERING AMERICA FOR OVER 100 YEARS

Riggs Distler has more than 100 years of experience building, maintaining, and repairing critical electric distribution systems to ensure the efficient distribution of power to homes and businesses across the Eastern United States. We prioritize on-call response and industry-leading safety protocols, helping our clients build reputations for reliable service under all conditions, whether we’re performing daily maintenance activities or emergency storm response repairs.  Drawing on the latest technologies and the industry’s best talent, our credibility comes from decades of getting the job done the right way. As turnkey electric utility service providers, Riggs Distler is the Eastern region’s first choice for developing the underground and overhead electric distribution networks that families, businesses, and local economies depend on.