Jerry's Home Improvement Center — Eugene & Springfield, Oregon

Jerry’s Home Improvement Center has been an Eugene and Springfield institution since 1961 — a locally owned retailer that grew from a tiny storefront into two of the largest home improvement stores in the region. Builder’s Electric was the design-build electrical contractor for both locations, Eugene and Springfield, responsible for the electrical systems behind some of the busiest retail floors in Lane County. And the relationship didn’t end at opening day: over the years, Builder’s Electric has stayed on through the modernization and maintenance of both buildings.

Design-build means Builder’s Electric didn’t just install to someone else’s plans — they engineered the commercial electrical systems and built them, owning the work from layout through final connection. For a large-format home improvement store, that’s a serious undertaking: powering acres of retail floor, lighting that has to make products look right and keep aisles safe, and the distribution to run registers, equipment, and back-of-house operations all day, every day. The Eugene store alone spans roughly 350,000 square feet — the kind of scale where getting the electrical design right the first time saves years of headaches.

Retail never sits still, and neither does the electrical behind it. As Jerry’s has remodeled, expanded, and updated departments across both stores, Builder’s Electric has handled the electrical modernization and ongoing maintenance that keeps a high-traffic building current and code-compliant — lighting upgrades, added circuits for new equipment, and the steady service work a store open seven days a week depends on. Knowing both buildings from the original design up means Builder’s Electric can modify and maintain them without relearning the system on every visit.

That’s what a true design-build relationship looks like: one contractor who designed the electrical, built it, and has cared for it ever since. It’s the same end-to-end capability Builder’s Electric brings to commercial and retail clients throughout Eugene, Springfield, and the wider Willamette Valley — from the first set of drawings to the maintenance call years down the road.