Grizzly MEP Partners With Stegall Mechanical — Nearly 70 Years of Alabama MEP Excellence Joins a Growing Platform

Grizzly MEP, the commercial mechanical, electrical, and plumbing platform backed by Garnett Station Partners and focused on partnering with best-in-class founders and management teams, announced a new partnership with Stegall Mechanical of Birmingham, Alabama on May 27, 2026. The partnership expands Grizzly's geographic footprint across Alabama and the broader Southeast and adds Stegall's nearly 70-year track record of commercial MEP service excellence to the platform.

John Adams, CEO of Grizzly MEP, was direct about the strategic fit: 'Partnering with Stegall is the logical next step in Grizzly's evolution as we expand our geographic footprint and uncover additional opportunities to drive value across our platform. Grizzly is built on the strength of our partnerships, and Stegall's excellent management team exemplifies exactly who we look to align ourselves with. As a strong regional brand with almost seven decades in operation, Stegall has established customer relationships, a trusted reputation for quality, and a demonstrated track record of reliability across the Southeast.'

Who Is Stegall Mechanical?

Stegall Mechanical was founded in 1957 — which means it has been operating as a Birmingham, Alabama commercial MEP contractor for 69 years at the time of the Grizzly partnership. Nearly seven decades in commercial MEP contracting represents not just longevity but institutional depth: customer relationships spanning multiple generations of facility management, technical knowledge accumulated across decades of evolving equipment and system types, and a workforce culture that has been refined over a timeframe that most businesses never reach.

Stegall operates as an integrated three-division platform across plumbing, HVAC, and electrical — the multi-trade commercial MEP model that institutional building owners prefer for its single-vendor coordination and accountability. Its customer base spans industrial facilities, utilities, educational institutions, healthcare providers, food and hospitality operations, retail properties, and property managers across Alabama and the Southeast.

Full-service capabilities include pre-construction services, mechanical contracting, plumbing, electrical, and recurring service work — the complete lifecycle of commercial building systems from initial specification through ongoing maintenance that creates the durable, contract-based revenue relationships that institutional customers value.

Grizzly MEP's May 27, 2026 partnership with Stegall Mechanical — founded in Birmingham, Alabama in 1957 — adds nearly 70 years of integrated commercial plumbing, HVAC, and electrical MEP experience to the Garnett Station Partners-backed platform, expanding its Southeast geographic footprint with one of the region's most established commercial MEP service providers.

Grizzly MEP's Platform and Garnett Station Partners

Grizzly MEP is a commercial MEP platform backed by Garnett Station Partners, a New York-based principal investment firm managing approximately $4 billion in assets. The platform focuses specifically on commercial MEP — not residential home services — building a network of leading commercial service providers across the United States.

Prior Grizzly partnerships include Stiles Services (HVAC, building controls, and plumbing, Bogart, Georgia), Air Design Systems (mechanical and plumbing, Pensacola, Florida), and Excel Mechanical Contractors (HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, and industrial services, Baltimore, Maryland — serving eight Mid-Atlantic states including federal government agencies and healthcare providers). The Stegall partnership follows this geographic pattern — Southeast and Mid-Atlantic presence building toward a genuinely national commercial MEP footprint.

What Stegall Gets From the Partnership

The Grizzly partnership gives Stegall access to the platform's advanced technological and operational capabilities, strategic capital, and enterprise-level infrastructure to drive increased efficiencies and outsized growth — without losing what made Stegall successful in the first place. The retention of the Stegall brand, management team, and operational identity reflects Grizzly's partnership model rather than a standard acquisition approach.

For a nearly 70-year-old company with deeply embedded customer relationships and a workforce that has built professional identities within the Stegall organisation, the ability to access capital and operational resources without surrendering brand identity is the difference between a transaction that energises the company and one that destabilises it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Stegall Mechanical?

Stegall Mechanical is a Birmingham, Alabama commercial MEP contractor founded in 1957, operating an integrated three-division platform across plumbing, HVAC, and electrical services. The company serves industrial, utility, education, healthcare, food and hospitality, retail, and property customers across Alabama and the Southeast.

What is Grizzly MEP?

Grizzly MEP is a commercial MEP platform backed by Garnett Station Partners (approximately $4 billion in AUM) focused on partnering with established commercial mechanical, electrical, and plumbing service providers across the US. The Stegall Mechanical partnership, announced May 27, 2026, is Grizzly's fourth disclosed partnership.