Standards of Excellence

A Relationship-Driven Contracting Partner

For more than 50 years, ESS has worked to grow our Midwest region as a leading infrastructure contractor. We’ve formed long-term relationships with hundreds of clients along the way, who together represent nearly every industry and market.

We pride ourselves on creating customized experiences for every client type we serve. For us, this means no cookie-cutter approach to projects. For our clients, this means a contractor who takes time to understand their specific needs, starting with preconstruction services. Because we know that big results require unique solutions, adaptability, and project teams assembled based on the specific needs of the clients we serve — and “good enough” just isn’t in our playbook.

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Where We Work

Licensed to work in 34 states

From two-lane rural highways to our country’s largest interstates, and cross-country railways to international airport hubs, ESS delivers infrastructure projects to serve clients in more than half of our country. See if we’re in your neighborhood.

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Partner Testimonials

ESS is an innovative company that has shown great diligence in their punctuality while providing a top-quality product. The breadth of their knowledge and experience combined with their proven reliability uniquely qualifies them to implement many complex construction projects.

Darrin Kelly
Executive Vice President/ General Manager, DeLong’s, Inc.

ESS has quickly become one of our go-to contractors that we recommend to our clients. All employees were professional, knowledgeable, and courteous. Construction was done right the first time with a close-out punch list that was minimal.

Thomas Hennelly, PE
Vice President, Crafton Tull

The best part of all was the questions asked, and the responsiveness to those questions that happened during this project. Communication was given from day one and responses to concerns were handled promptly as well. ESS lives up to not only their goals and promises but also live up to unique and responsive design.

Jeff Watt
City Councilman, City of Liberty