Ritch Electric was started by Benjamin W. Ritch, Sr. in June of 1968, working strictly commercial electrical out of a shotgun house across the street from our present location. The company incorporated in 1972 and grew on work most shops couldn't touch, ball fields and area lighting won because few contractors in Columbus had line trucks and bucket trucks.
Through the seventies, eighties, and nineties the majority of the work was at Fort Benning, with major electrical and power distribution projects at Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute, Columbus Water Works, and the region's large mills and industrial plants.
Betsy joined the company in 1980 as a parts runner and earned every rung: IEC apprentice, journeyman electrician, licensed electrical contractor, and, in 1996, company president and owner.
Under her leadership Ritch Electric earned Woman-Owned Business Enterprise certification from the Georgia Women's Business Council and WBENC in July 2000, and has continued to grow and strengthen its crew, training apprentices through the IEC apprenticeship program to become journeyman electricians.
Dexter joined Ritch Electric in 2012 as a second-year apprentice and worked his way up through the IEC apprenticeship program to journeyman electrician. Today he serves as project manager and estimator, leading the company's design build work.
Along the way he has helped grow and scale the company and has played a key role in shaping how Ritch Electric runs its day-to-day operations.
Darryl leads field execution and estimating on Ritch Electric's commercial and institutional projects, from ground-up construction to renovations inside occupied facilities.
He coordinates day to day with general contractors and government project offices, keeping schedules, crews, and quality standards aligned from preconstruction through closeout.
Field crew of 20–27 licensed electricians and apprentices, trained in OSHA, confined space, first aid/CPR, arc flash, and USACE quality management standards.
Fifty-eight years in business is only part of the story. Ritch Electric holds the licenses, certifications, and bonding that commercial, institutional, and government owners require, and keeps every one of them current so you never have to ask.
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