About
Duggins Construction has served the Southern California region for over 60 years. We are a family-oriented organization composed of many long-term team members. We pride ourselves in providing the most complete service to our clients.
DCI will partner in your development needs. We offer solutions to every necessity by providing assistance in land acquisition, land development planning, finance management, locating investors, estimating, conceptual design, plans and engineering. In addition, we also self-perform several construction trades: project management and supervision, carpentry, concrete, paint, steel building erection and welding.
We work hard to make the development and construction process as simple as possible for our clients. Let us work hard for you.
Russell Roben
President
Our History
Established by Ray Duggins in 1961, Duggins Construction Inc. quickly became one of the elite construction companies in the Imperial Valley. Ray’s vision was to always provide the best service possible to his clients. Built on a strong work ethic and quality craftsmanship, DCI has also always been a family business. Ray’s son, Jim Duggins learned the construction business from his father and would eventually lead the company.
After Ray’s retirement in 1987, Jim became president of DCI and like his father, held steadfast in creating valued client relationships. Jim expanded the capabilities of DCI as he began building a larger variety of commercial and industrial facilities. The small jobs lead the way to larger projects for major franchise auto dealerships, retail centers, healthcare owners, professional office buildings, churches, financial facilities, government projects, restaurants, educational facilities, agricultural facilities, grocery stores, distribution and warehouse facilities and other projects which continue to add to our diverse background.
In 1985, Russell Roben joined the DCI team and ushered in new techniques and ideas which helped reinforce an already robust construction division. Within a few years, Russell would become a partner and the Vice-President of the company. After Jim’s retirement in 2016, Russell was named President of DCI.
Oscar Grijalva came on board in 1988 and established our Design Division. His experience and knowledge brought cutting edge CAD technology to the company along with new architectural concepts. Oscar is a partner of the company, as well as our General Manager and Vice-President.
Allen Roben has been around construction his entire life. In his youth, he worked part-time during summer breaks at DCI. In early 2002, Allen joined the steel crew as a full-time team member. Helping to advance the steel division, he shortly after was promoted to a crew foreman and eventually advanced to the Steel Division Manager. Allen is DCI’s Secretary/Treasurer officer.
Today, we are committed to uphold the values established by our founder Ray Duggins. Our continued growth and success of can be attributed to a high percentage of repeat customers. Our goal is not to just build for you – our goal is to be your “Partner in Development.”
Company Milestones
- 1961 DCI FOUNDED by Ray Duggins
- 1970 JIM DUGGINS starts work at DCI
- 1985 RUSSELL ROBEN joins team
- 1985 DEBBIE SIGALA joins DCI as Office Manager
- 1987 COMPANY REORGANIZES as Ray Duggins retires and Jim becomes President
- 1988 OSCAR GRIJALVA joins DCI,establishes “In-House” Design Department
- 1993 RUSSELL ROBEN becomes Vice-President
- 2001 GREG MALINAO joins DCI Design Team
- 2002 ALLEN ROBEN joins DCI Steel Crew
- 2002 D&R SUPPLY a construction material supply company is founded by DCI
- 2003 SUSAN WADDELL joins DCI team as Controller
- 2005 RUBEN PARTIDA joins DCI Design Team
- 2006 ALLEN ROBEN promoted to Steel Division Manager
- 2007
- OSCAR GRIJALVA promoted to General Manager of DCI
- GREG MALINAO promoted to Design Division Manager and IT Manager
- RUBEN PARTIDA shifts roles and promoted to Project Manager
- CONSTRUCTION of our new Headquarters in Imperial is completed in November
- 2016 COMPANY REORGANIZES as Jim Duggins retires as president of DCI. Russell promoted to President, Oscar promoted to Vice-President and Allen promoted to Secretary/Treasurer of DCI.
- 2020 MEGHAN PATTON promoted to Office Manager
- 2021
- IRIS PEREZ promoted to Design Department Manager
- GREG MALINAO shifts roles and promoted to Project Manager
Our Team / Key Staff
Here at Duggins Construction, we realize that there is no one single person that can do it all. We are a team that is comprised of many different personalities, but we work together for a common goal. Many of our employees have with DCI for many many years and we are proud of our employee longevity. This allow our team to be further trained, skilled and experienced, adding to their already vast knowledge of the construction industry.
Project Managers
Our project managers handle all aspects of our projects from start to finish.
- Russell Roben
- Oscar Grijalva
- Ruben Partida
- Martin Grijalva
- Greg Malinao
Supervisors
Each of our jobsites is assigned a construction supervisor to oversee the daily ongoing process.
- Paul Tobin
- Juan Garcia
- Gilbert Yepez
- Gino De Anda
- Jason Pyle
Construction Division Managers
Our Division managers oversee our self-performed trades. Many started as laborers and were promoted to foremen and managers.
- Concrete Manager – Enrique Salgado
- Carpentry, Paint & Welding Manager – Daniel Martinez
- Steel Manager – Allen Roben
Division Managers
DCI provides services that cover all phases of a project. These services include design, construction documents, finance management, safety administration, aerial photography and information technology. Key staff leads these areas to help projects run smoothly.
- Accounting – Susan Waddell
- Design Manager – Iris Perez
- Safety Manager – Julio Miranda
Our Facility
For over 46 years, our original headquarters was a small office building with a shop located in El Centro, CA. Thru the years we remodeled and expanded our facility to accommodate our needs.
For over 10 years, we had planned and discussed the possibility of moving to a new location and building our own facility from the ground up to provide a better work environment for our employees as well as our clients. Finally in 2007, we broke ground on a new facility which was completed later that same year.
In designing our new headquarters, we created a working showroom of many different construction materials to display our clients and visitors. We invite you to visit us and allow us to show you some of the latest construction materials and ideas available for our clients.
