Quigg Brothers was founded in 1937 by brothers Jim and Charlie Quigg when they were 22 and 21 years old. Their primary business at that time was marine- and land-based pile driving in and around Grays Harbor County.

Charlie, left, and Jim Quigg set up their new steam pile driving rig in 1940.

Their father, James Quigg, who since 1900 had been an owner of Grays Harbor Construction, passed on his construction-industry legacy to his sons. The elder Quigg was responsible for the firm's marine construction and sand and gravel operations. In addition, he owned Twin Harbor Dredging Co.

Quigg Brothers' customers were primarily timber companies. The company's work included maintaining log dumps, booming grounds, docks, trestles and pile foundations for new buildings. The company expanded into the dredging business, and in 1951, purchased the remaining sand and gravel operations of Grays Harbor Construction.

Jim and Charlie merged with their second cousin, Jim McDonald, in 1954, and operated for many years as Quigg Brothers McDonald.

Charlie's sons, Mike and Tom, and Jim's sons J.T., Bill, John, Patrick and Tim began working at Quigg Brothers nearly 40 years ago, and assumed day-to-day operations in 1970.

At one point, the company joined forces with former employee Doug Schermer, a logging road specialist, creating Quigg Brothers/Schermer Inc. The alliance lasted three years, ending by mutual agreement in 1998.

Currently, John, Tim, Patrick and cousin Mike Quigg make up the ownership group, with the next generation of sons, daughters and cousins ready to follow.

Quigg Brothers employs 65-100 people, and concentrates on heavy, highway, marine and industrial construction along the Washington coast. While the company still works for the forest products industry, building log road bridges and working on industrial projects for area mills, it is primarily a public works contractor, building docks, roads and bridges. The Westport Marina and Ocean Shores development were two substantial, multi-year jobs for the company.

Recent projects include an underwater rock dike at the mouth of the Willapa Harbor for the WSDOT, a rebuild of the Steilacoom Ferry Terminal for Pierce County, construction of a bridge of the Dosewallips River for WSDOT, site work for three Wal-Marts, four miles of levee improvement in South Aberdeen for the Corps of Engineers, and site work/concrete for the Quinault Resort at Ocean Shores.