Robert Carrigg founded Carrigg Commercial Builders in Manchester, NH in 2001, after serving as a U.S. Army Ranger in the Middle East. He earned the Bronze Star during his service and returned home having lost men he served alongside — an experience that shaped the standard he would go on to hold his company to for the next two decades.

Today, Bob Carrigg leads a Manchester, NH-based general contracting firm that has completed more than 100 projects across New England, with 25 years of experience and a track record of 100% client satisfaction. The company holds a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business certification and works primarily with federal agencies, VA medical centers, healthcare systems, and commercial clients throughout the region.

This is a look at the man behind that track record — what his background brought to the construction industry, and what has kept Carrigg Commercial Builders operating at the standard it does.

From the Army Rangers to Manchester, NH

The U.S. Army Rangers are one of the military's most demanding units, built around precision, discipline, and the ability to execute under conditions that leave no room for error. Robert Carrigg served in that unit in the Middle East, a deployment that earned him the Bronze Star and cost him people he served with.

When Bob Carrigg left military service and founded Carrigg Commercial Builders in 2001, he brought that operational standard into an industry that, at its best, requires much of the same discipline: strict compliance, exacting execution, and zero tolerance for the kind of shortcuts that put people or outcomes at risk.

Building a Company Around Federal and Veteran-Focused Work

Robert Carrigg didn't build a general commercial contracting business that happened to take on federal work. He built a company positioned specifically to serve the federal government, the VA, and healthcare systems — the sectors where the compliance requirements are the strictest and the tolerance for error is the lowest.

Carrigg Commercial Builders' project history reflects that focus. The company has completed work at VA medical facilities across New England, including the White River Junction VA Healthcare System in Vermont, the Edith N. Rogers VA Mental Health Outpatient Clinic in Bedford, Massachusetts, the Bedford VA Medical Center's emergency generator replacement, and an electrical upgrade at the Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center in Massachusetts.

These aren't simple commercial build-outs. They are occupied, mission-critical environments — active medical facilities where construction has to happen without disrupting patient care. That's the category of work Robert Carrigg built his company around, and it's not a coincidence given where he came from.

What the SDVOSB Designation Represents

Carrigg Commercial Builders holds Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business certification, a designation tied directly to Bob Carrigg's service-connected status. The certification allows the company to compete for federal contracts set aside specifically for veteran-owned businesses — a policy that exists in recognition of the sacrifices service-disabled veterans have made.

For Robert Carrigg, that designation is inseparable from his own history. It's not a business classification detached from personal experience — it's a direct outcome of what he carried out of his military service and into a second career.

Twenty-Five Years Later

Two and a half decades after founding Carrigg Commercial Builders, Bob Carrigg leads a company with more than 100 completed projects and a perfect client satisfaction record across New England's federal, healthcare, and commercial construction markets. That track record didn't happen by accident. It's the result of a standard set at the company's founding — one shaped by Ranger training, a deployment in the Middle East, and losses that gave the work that followed a weight most contractors don't carry into the job.

Manchester, NH has been the home base for that work since 2001. Robert Carrigg's company remains headquartered there today, serving clients across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

"The discipline that keeps people safe on a deployment and the discipline that keeps a job site compliant aren't as different as they might seem."

Robert Carrigg's story is inseparable from the company he built. Twenty-five years after founding Carrigg Commercial Builders in Manchester, NH, Bob Carrigg continues to lead a firm defined by the same discipline and accountability he carried out of his military service — now applied to the federal, healthcare, and commercial construction projects his team delivers across New England.