About Us

 Cole Excavating was founded in 1974 by Bob Cole, when he was 19 years old, just one year after he graduated high school. His initial operation consisted of a 1958 Caterpillar 955 crawler loader, a 1966 Ford F600 dump truck, and a pintle hitch trailer for hauling his machine from job to job. For the first several years, Bob was the only full-time employee of the company with several different people helping him on a part time basis. The type of work Bob worked on in the beginning years was primarily farm land improvement.

Through the years, the operation grew enough to include the addition of several different field employees as well as office staff. One of the employees that joined the crew with Bob was his son, Jeremy Cole. Jeremy gained experience in the business by learning from Bob and several of Bob's experienced employees. In 2018, Jeremy became General Manager of Cole Excavating and currently has a staff of 20+ employees. Bob and Jeremy Cole currently share ownership of the company.

Cole Excavating, LLC is an excavation, grading, and underground utilities contractor. We offer services for farm, commercial, IA DOT highway work, and wetland construction. The company was established in 1974 and has been in business on a continuous basis since 1974 specializing in the above-mentioned services. We are a licensed, bonded & insured contractor in the State of Iowa.  We currently employ 20+ full time employees that have over 200 years of combined experience in the construction field excluding the owners. Owners Bob & Jeremy Cole have a combined experience of 70 years!