Cassidy’s Prairieville yard

About R.R. Cassidy

Founded in Prairieville in 1975.

Founded in Prairieville in 1975, R.R. Cassidy brings foundation, marine and electrical expertise to utility, infrastructure and industrial projects.

R.R. Cassidy’s Prairieville yard and equipment facilities.

Our company

Our work in foundations, marine construction and electrical services.

R.R. Cassidy began as a family foundation business in Louisiana. Its work grew to include deep foundations, marine construction and transmission structures, supported by a fleet built for challenging access and ground conditions.

Today, the Prairieville and Beaumont teams provide foundation and marine construction, complete in-house substation construction from site work through commissioning, apparatus services, and testing and commissioning. Cassidy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Quanta Services.

R.R. Cassidy

Our leadership.

Jonathan (JB) Pipsair

Jonathan (JB) Pipsair

President

Started with the company as a field laborer and has worked nearly four decades in estimating, engineering and project execution before becoming president.

Ben Cassidy

Ben Cassidy

Vice President, Estimating and Business Development

Second generation of the founding family. More than 20 years in estimating and business development after summers as a yard laborer. LSU graduate.

Brandon Ruth

Brandon Ruth

Vice President, Operations

Has held leadership roles in safety, project management, estimating and operations since joining the company. Bachelor of Science, LSU. Baton Rouge native.

Austin Copeland

Austin Copeland

Vice President, Electrical Services

Electrical engineer, Texas A&M. Started at R.R. Cassidy as an intern, then commissioning engineer and project manager. Leads substation construction, apparatus and relay work out of Beaumont.

Jeremy Swanton

Jeremy Swanton

Vice President, Relay and Field Services

Leads the testing and commissioning group. More than 25 years in protection and control, most of it with a utility before joining R.R. Cassidy. Lamar Institute of Technology.

William (Billy) Copeland

William (Billy) Copeland

Director of Substation Operations

More than forty years of substation construction, maintenance and testing. Joined R.R. Cassidy in 2022 to run substation operations. Louisiana Tech.

Carey Graves

Carey Graves

Division Controller

Runs accounting, payroll, human resources, compliance and administration for the field and shop operations. More than twenty years in finance and operations roles.

Where we work

Two offices. Crews that travel to the work.

Our Prairieville, Louisiana, and Beaumont, Texas, operations support projects across the southern United States and other regions. The photographed projects include work in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia. Our electrical experience also includes commissioning work in Arizona and Florida and station work in Louisiana and Mississippi.

United States map highlighting Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia, the states represented in our selected project collection.
Selected construction photo locations. Additional technical experience is described on the Projects page. This map is not the limit of our service area.
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Work with Cassidy

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Prairieville, Louisiana for foundation and marine work. Beaumont, Texas for Electrical Services.

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