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Guiding Principles

Our Vision

To build reliable and innovative infrastructure to support and empower future generations.

Our Mission

Provide safe and dependable turnkey construction solutions for heavy industrial, generation & utility markets under one hat, one contract, one responsibility.

Building Better, Built To Last

Riggs Distler is committed to serving our markets for the long term. As part of the Centuri family of companies, we are guided by the six’ principles of our Sustainability Framework in everything we do. These principles guide how we treat our customers, our colleagues, and the communities where we live and work every day.

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Built to Last

Riggs Distler is committed to serving our markets for the long term. As part of the Centuri family of companies, we are guided by the six principles of our Sustainability Framework in everything we do. These principles guide how we treat our customers, our colleagues, and the communities where we live and work every day.

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Safety is what we stand for.

The safety of our employees and the communities where we work is our first priority. We do things the right way, every day, to ensure the electric infrastructure we build is safe and reliable for the homes and businesses that depend on it.

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Quality is what we leave behind.

We are uniquely positioned to serve as a strategic partner for diverse customer needs across services and geographies. Bringing our distinguished expertise, experience, and resources to every project, Riggs Distler does things right the first time and ensures that projects are forward-thinking, cost-effective, on-time, and compliant with our stringent standards for enduring safety and quality.

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Employees are our lifeblood.

The knowledge and expertise of our  employees is our most valuable asset in building long-term, customer-focused relationships, and ensuring project success for our customers. Our commitment to safety is matched only by our commitment to our diverse, collaborative, and best-in-class team members and their careers, their families, and their futures.

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Community is who we serve.

As part of the fabric of our communities, we promote supplier diversity, promote an inclusive and collaborative environment, and hire locally. We believe in philanthropy — fostering productive and lasting positive results in the communities where we live and work every day.

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Economy is a long term investment.

Our commitment is to serve our communities for the long-term, contributing to a sustained local economy by creating jobs, growing local businesses, and contributing to the tax base. We invest in the communities where we live and work every day.

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Environment is our home.

Riggs Distler partners with customers to help them prepare their infrastructure for a lower-carbon energy future, enhancing the safety, reliability, cost effectiveness, and environmental sustainability of the electrical network consumers rely upon to meet their changing energy needs. We are dedicated to setting the standard for environmental stewardship in the field, our fleet, and our facilities, and carry these values through all facets of our business practices and partnerships.

Expertise You Can Count On

Outsourcing complex technical services requires confidence. You need to be confident you’re working with a company that makes jobsite 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 a century 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 2022, we worked 3.2 million hours and staffed 1,700 employees.

Unique in the industry, Riggs Distler provides companies with streamlined, turnkey service capabilities. Our diverse skill set and wealth of experience means that 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.