Buy a home, start a business, build a legacy — it is all part of the American Dream, and it is something that unfolds every day at James A. Rogers Excavating and its sister companies, NOEC Construction and McHenry and Meyer Companies, LLC.
“Being able to start working for my grandfather when I was 18 years old and be a part of building things, now I’ve got kids, and I get to show them, ‘Hey, I built that when I was 18,’” said Chris Meyer, owner. “You never really get to feel that type of appreciation for what you’ve done until you start showing your kids or the next generation that you were a part of building something.”
Meyer’s grandfather, James A. Rogers Sr., founded the business in 1962. Meyer, who purchased James A. Rogers Excavating in 2016, said his goal this year is to “return to the company’s roots” by taking on more residential and small-scale commercial jobs.
“No job is too small for us,” he said.
James A. Rogers Excavating provides demolition, earthwork, roadwork, flat concrete work, storm drains, concrete curbs and gutters, and utility services for a wide variety of residential, commercial and municipal applications…