Rizzo Pool of CT: Company History
Pool construction contractor serving Connecticut and New England
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History
A Brief Overview of the Last 53 Years
Started in 1955 by founder and President Al Rizzo, the Rizzo Pool Company marks its 55th year in business this year. In the tradition of successful family-owned businesses, Rizzo started small. Fueled by the owner’s vision and determination, the company has grown to become one of the largest in its field, respected locally and nationally as an industry leader.
Rizzo Pools traces its beginnings back to a general construction company founded by Albert Rizzo Sr. in 1929. At the time of his father’s retirement in 1952, Albert Rizzo Jr. decided to go into the construction business on his own and continue the tradition started by his father years earlier.
The company began as a small operation in West Hartford, later moving to its current location on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington. This location serves as company headquarters today.
Rizzo began constructing in-ground concrete pools at a time when the pool industry was still in its infancy. Rizzo Pool has been the leader and innovator of all methods of in-ground pools and decks. As pools grew in popularity, Rizzo fulfilled the need for aftermarket products and services.
As part of the industry growth, Rizzo developed the first local in-house training program for pool servicemen and craftsmen. In the early 1970s, Rizzo developed the first hands-on pool service training school and co-authored the first formal service training manual. Rizzo is a co-author, along with the committee (the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals) of the “Residential Pool and Spa Builders Reference Manual,” considered throughout the world as the industry “bible.”
In 1968, Rizzo formed and served as the first president of the Connecticut Swimming Pool Association and was a board member of the New England Swimming Pool Association. In 2005, he accepted the honor again.
Rizzo is one of an elite group of International pool members of the Master Pool Builders Guild - a group designated for the “Best of the Best” in the industry. Membership is by invitation only.
Rizzo has won more national and international awards than any other pool company in Connecticut. Rizzo Pools have been featured in national and international consumer publications and honored for their design excellence, technical superiority, and quality craftsmanship. Readers of Hartford Magazine voted the company as 2005’s “Best Pool and Spa Company.”
The company’s motto is “Perfection is our Tradition,” and according to Rizzo, “Our commitment is to make sure that every pool built by this company lives up to that tradition.”