General, Specialty, Mechanical Contracting and Design/Build Services Established 1876

SAUER COMPANIES

Sauer Southeast, LLC, Sauer Group, LLC and Ruthrauff Sauer, LLC are subsidiaries of Sauer Holdings.

Sauer Southeast, LLC

Sauer Southeast, LLC maintains a corporate office located in Jacksonville, Florida and is the parent company for Sauer Construction, Sauer Mechanical and Sauer Structural. Sauer serves a variety of customers, including various branches of the U.S. federal, state, and local governments. Our focus is to provide professional construction services which exceed our customers’ expectations.

Sauer Group, LLC

Sauer Group, LLC of Columbus, Ohio provides complete commercial and industrial mechanical contracting services both in the midwest and nationwide for the power, alternative energy, industrial and heavy manufacturing markets. In addition, we provide mechanical piping systems and plumbing to markets such as health care, institutional, entertainment, multi-use and bio-technology.

Ruthrauff Sauer, LLC

Ruthrauff Sauer, LLC is one of the foremost design/build mechanical contractors in the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Our services include design/build mechanical systems, sheet metal fabrication, pipe fabrication and installations, plumbing, HVAC, and water-sanitary-storm-utility system installations. We give you a Single Source Advantage.

Our History

Sauer Holdings is a contemporary, multi-divisional construction firm, yet one of the nation’s oldest companies in the contracting field.  In 1876, William N. Sauer founded a small plumbing business with the proceeds of a gift of $50 received from his mother on his 18th birthday. Uniquely positioned in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during a period of industrial growth as the country began to rebuild itself following the Civil War, it is this humble plumbing business which became the seed of what we know today as Sauer.

While Sauer originally directed his business towards the plumbing work of old mansions for Pittsburgh’s industrial leaders, the late 19th century saw an increased demand for city-wide sanitation and by 1901 Pittsburgh had enacted its first plumbing code. Capitalizing on these newer, larger opportunities, Sauer continued to grow its operations with the help of John G. Steitz, a young pump salesman from New York. Joining forces in 1906, the two men began to specialize in large construction work, installing plumbing and ventilation systems for many of Pittsburgh’s tallest buildings.

Sauer incorporated in 1943 and today provides services in general construction, mechanical construction, and structural steel, often self-performing process piping, controls & instrumentation, HVAC servicing, equipment erection & rigging, plumbing, and ASME Code work. The construction industry has grown more complex, and thus, Sauer is vastly different from the simple plumbing business founded by Bill Sauer.

Sauer reorganized its business structure in 2009 to meet the changing dynamics of the marketplace, enhance customer focus, and to position the Sauer Holdings Companies for growth in the future. Sauer Holdings is now the parent company for Sauer Southeast, LLC, Sauer Group, LLC and Ruthrauff Sauer, LLC.

 

 

Our Milestones

  • 1876: William N. Sauer establishes a plumbing business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1901: First Plumbing Code was established in Pittsburgh
  • 1906: John G. Steitz, a pump salesman joins the W. N. Steitz Company
  • 1910: Sanitation features begin to appear in Homes, Offices, Public Buildings and Industrial Plants. Responsibility of Sanitary Engineers and Plumbers-known today as Mechanical Contractors.
  • 1937: The grandson, William N. Steitz assumes control of the company.
  • 1943: Sauer received the coveted ARMY-NAVY “E” Award for the Highest Achievement in War Construction for work on the Fletcher Military General Hospital, a contract value that exceeded One Million Dollars.
  • 1990’s: Grown from a plumbing contractor to provide Design/Build, HVAC, Process Piping, Controls and Instrumentation, Equipment Erection, Plumbing and Fabrication.
  • 2000’s: Celebrated 130 Years of providing Contracting Services that Exceed Our Clients’ Expectations. Continues our National Expansion and Growth in Power Alternative Energy, Government and Department of Defense Contracts
  • Sauer Inc. acquires Ruthrauff Mechanical Contractors located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and forms Ruthrauff | Sauer.
  • Sauer Holdings enhances customer focus, forming four contracting companies Sauer Southeast, LLC, Sauer Group, LLC, and Ruthrauff Sauer, LLC
  • 1876: William N. Sauer establishes a plumbing business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1901: First Plumbing Code was established in Pittsburgh
  • 1906: John G. Steitz, a pump salesman joins the W. N. Steitz Company
  • 1910: Sanitation features begin to appear in Homes, Offices, Public Buildings and Industrial Plants. Responsibility of Sanitary Engineers and Plumbers-known today as Mechanical Contractors.
  • 1937: The grandson, William N. Steitz assumes control of the company.
  • 1943: Sauer received the coveted ARMY-NAVY “E” Award for the Highest Achievement in War Construction for work on the Fletcher Military General Hospital, a contract value that exceeded One Million Dollars.
  • 1990’s: Grown from a plumbing contractor to provide Design/Build, HVAC, Process Piping, Controls and Instrumentation, Equipment Erection, Plumbing and Fabrication.
  • 2000’s: Celebrated 130 Years of providing Contracting Services that Exceed Our Clients’ Expectations. Continues our National Expansion and Growth in Power Alternative Energy, Government and Department of Defense Contracts
  • Sauer Inc. acquires Ruthrauff Mechanical Contractors located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and forms Ruthrauff | Sauer.
  • Sauer Holdings enhances customer focus, forming four contracting companies Sauer Southeast, LLC, Sauer Group, LLC, and Ruthrauff Sauer, LLC

Services

  • General Construction Controls
  • HVAC, Piping & Sheetmetal
  • Plumbing
  • Process Piping & Ductwork
  • Controls
  • Building Automation
  • Process Equipment Installation
  • Mechanical Process Systems
  • Power & Energy Process Systems
  • Environmental Systems
  • HVAC & Plumbing Design
  • Life Cycle Analysis
  • Energy Performance Analysis
  • ASME Code Work
  • Structural Steel Fabrication & Erection
  • HVAC / Plumbing / Service Maintenance

 

  • Power & Energy Process Systems
  • Environmental Systems
  • HVAC & Plumbing Design
  • Life Cycle Analysis
  • Energy Performance Analysis
  • ASME Code Work
  • Structural Steel Fabrication & Erection
  • HVAC / Plumbing / Service Maintenance
  • General Construction Controls
  • HVAC, Piping & Sheetmetal
  • Plumbing
  • Process Piping & Ductwork
  • Controls
  • Building Automation
  • Process Equipment Installation
  • Mechanical Process Systems

Contact Us

Sauer Corporate Services, LLC
407 Locust Street
McKees Rocks, PA 15136