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While Quigley concedes he can’t alway s make the lowest offer on aggressively competitiveconstructio bids, clients continue to call on his 30-year-old company because of their relationship with Terry’s “We’ve got a good reputation in the industry. We’ve alwayx done right by our customers. If we’ve had a job, we’vs come through for them,” Quigley said, who creditsa his employees with being a key factor inthe company’sd success.
The company — which has completec projects such asthe 360,000-square-foot Orlando Magic RDV Sportspledx and the 10-story, 1,338-suitse Caribe Royale Resort & Convention Center — most recently finished the 100,000-square-foo t KOA Elementary School in The opening of Walt Disney Worlx was a major factor in choosing the company’e headquarters, said Quigley, who movef to Florida from Kansas City, Mo., in 1978. In Quigley sold the business to a utilities compantyin Hartford, Conn., and then bought it back in Decembefr 2006. Though Terry’s Electrif finished 2008 with $38.
5 million in revenue, Quigley said he has been forcesd to cut back significantly due to the effect of the economy onconstruction and, more the residential market. Quigley said the which previously brought inabout $1 million a month in residential is now lucky to do $100,000 a month. the company’s biggest project is International Drive’s 34-story Peabody Orland expansion, which will keep workers busy untilpSeptember 2010. The project includes a new 750-rooj hotel tower, 650,000 squarse feet of convention space and a privatewatet park.
Looking ahead, Quigley said several hote projects are in the and he has utility work to fall back on for including FloridaPower Light, Progress Energy and the Orland o Utilities Commission. Quigley also finds comfort knowingg his company is faring better than most of itscompetitorsw — which makes him optimistic about its ability to persevere through the down economy. In Quigley hopes to retiree next year, leaving his namesakw company in the hands of his Threeof Quigley’s seven children, all of whom have workef for the company at some point, currentlyg work for Terry’s Electric.
His stepson, Mark recently was promoted to president of the And Quigley’s wife, Jeanne, is the company’s executiv vice president.