Trade partners, south King and Pierce County
A technology partner
for designers, architects and realtors.
Spec support for lighting and shades, low-voltage drawings at the design stage, and installs finished before closing day. For interior designers, architects and real estate agents working from Kent to Gig Harbor.
Builders and remodelers have their own pages.
Rivas Technology Group partners with interior designers, architects and realtors in south King and Pierce counties. Designers get lighting and shade specifications and a seat at design meetings at no charge, architects get low-voltage drawings before permits, and realtors get clean installs on the client's timeline. Your client stays your client.
- Design meetings
- We attend when useful, at no charge
- Proposal
- Fixed price within three business days for standard scopes
- Relationship
- Your client, your relationship; we never go around you
- License
- WA electrical contractor RIVASGL799DR, bonded and insured
- Base
- 415 Railroad Ave S, Kent, WA 98032
Who do we work with?
Interior designers, architects and real estate agents whose clients ask about lighting, shades, security, audio or Wi-Fi. They want one integrator to answer those questions without taking over the relationship. Rivas Technology Group is the South Sound's security-first integrator, based in Kent since 2020. We are a Control4 Authorized Dealer listed on Control4's integrator map and an Ajax Systems dealer listed on ajax.systems. We are licensed as WA electrical contractor RIVASGL799DR, active, bonded and insured (L&I lookup).
Our own team designs and installs in homes. How we work with builders and general contractors is on pre-wire for builders; remodel sequencing is on smart home for remodelers.
What do interior designers get?
A technical partner for the two things clients ask about at every project, lighting control and motorized shades, plus a rule: your client, your relationship. We provide spec sheets for Control4 keypads and dimmers, including finishes and custom engraving, fabric and hardware options for motorized shades, and fixture compatibility for dimming and tunable white.
We attend design meetings or join by video when a decision needs us, at no charge. When the client signs an install contract on a home under 5,000 square feet, the whole-home lighting design is included at no charge. Scenes are set with you in the room, so the dining table sits at the level you specified. See smart lighting for what the finished system does.
What do architects get?
Low-voltage drawings that drop into your set before permits. We draw conduit routes, enclosure and rack locations, panel requirements, backing for displays and speakers, shade power at the head of each window, and the network backbone. We mark keypad and touch-screen locations so they land on the wall where the elevation wants them.
On estates and commercial buildings we coordinate with the electrical engineer and the general contractor so the rough-in matches the drawing. The drawings can be delivered as a paid specification with no install commitment, through smart home consulting, and any licensed integrator can bid them. For commercial projects, commercial AV consulting covers the same work for offices, restaurants and hospitality.
What do realtors get?
A technology resource for buyers and sellers, and installs that are finished before closing day. For a listing, that is usually a network fix, a camera and alarm takeover, or a TV and audio cleanup that photographs well. For a buyer, it is Ajax security installed the week they move in, with MotionCam detectors that deliver the first alarm photo within 9 seconds (Ajax). It is also a Wi-Fi rebuild before the moving truck leaves.
We work on the client's timeline, keep you informed at each step, and leave the client with our number and a good impression of yours. Refer a client and we report back; we do not market to them or send them elsewhere.
How does an engagement run?
A call, a fixed proposal, an install sequenced with the other trades, and support afterward. For standard scopes the proposal comes within three business days of receiving plans or a walk-through; complex designs take longer and we say so. Installs are scheduled around paint and flooring so no finish is touched twice. After the walkthrough the client has a 90-day workmanship warranty, support at published rates and the optional CURATOR remote care plan.
What drives the cost?
Room count, the number of systems, wall access and what the client already owns. A lighting package for the main floor or a shade package for a west-facing wall is quoted as a fixed price. A whole-home Control4 system is quoted room by room so the client can phase it. Published ranges are on smart home installation cost, and the instant quote gives a client a first number in a few minutes.
Where we work
South King County and Pierce County from our office at 415 Railroad Ave S in Kent. That covers Kent, Renton, Tukwila, Federal Way, Auburn, Covington, Maple Valley, Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Bonney Lake, Tehaleh, University Place and Gig Harbor. Olympic Peninsula by appointment. We are BBB accredited, A+, rated 5.0 from 49 Google reviews, and a CEDIA member 2022 to 2026; the people are on about us.
Questions trade partners ask
Do you charge to attend a design meeting?
No. When a lighting, shade or AV decision is on the agenda, we attend the meeting or join by video at no charge. We bring spec sheets and finish samples, and leave the client relationship with you.
What do designers get?
Full specification support for lighting control and motorized shades, keypad finishes and engraving, and fixture and fabric compatibility. Also a whole-home lighting design at no charge when the client signs an install contract on a home under 5,000 square feet.
What do architects get?
Low-voltage drawings at the design stage: conduit routes, enclosure and rack locations, panel requirements, backing for displays and speakers, and the network backbone. They are drawn so they drop into your set before permits.
What do realtors get?
A technology resource for buyers and sellers, work scheduled on the client's timeline, and installs finished before closing day. Also a walkthrough that leaves the client with our number and a good impression of yours.
Will you contact my client directly?
As you direct. You decide whether we work through you or with the client, and we do not market to your clients or take a referral elsewhere. Your client, your relationship.
Can a client hire you for a system you specified?
Yes, and they do not have to. The drawings and specs stand on their own; any licensed integrator can bid them. If the client wants a second opinion on someone else's bid, that is a consulting engagement.
Tell us what you are working on.
Your firm, the project and what the client is asking for. We call or text back within one business day.