Cooper & Sons Inc. provides excavating, water and sewer, septic, and demolition services in Ames and across story county.

With over 55 years of experience, our team serves residential, commercial, and agricultural projects throughout Central Iowa.

Our Main Services

Explore our range of services designed to help you move forward with confidence, wherever you're headed next.

Trucking
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Utilize our 4 dump trucks and 1 side dump to haul anything from dirt or rock to demo or trees. If you need a machine hauled our lowboy with oversize permits can haul up to a 70,000lb machine.

Excavation
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Contact us for excavation and site grading services. Basements, creek/swale work, and site grading are some examples of projects we’ve done for customers.

Site Utilities and Exterior Plumbing
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Cooper and Sons specializes in repairing and installing underground utilities. Water services, water mains, and sanitary sewer? Yup, we do that.

Other services

Demolition
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We specialize in building demolition and land clearing. Concrete and asphalt aren’t a problem for us to remove either.

Hydro Excavating and Private Utility Locating
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Utilize our 800 gal vac and utility locator that can locate copper waterlines and wires. The Vac is capable of removing bore mud or water. We are skillful in the excavation of new or expanded window wells for non-invasive excavating around homes.

Site Design and Excavation with GNSS
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We have the capacity to survey and design projects using our Hemisphere and Topcon systems to tailor your site plans. Utilizing our design software we can balance site excavation to minimize the amount of material that needs moved. It also allows us to make sure there is proper drainage and elevations for your building pad, pond, or underground utilities.

Truck and Machine Services
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Our shop offers the following services:

  • Mobile Service

  • Heavy Truck Repair

  • Heavy Machinery Repair

  • Tire Sales and Service

  • Hydraulic Services

  • HVAC Certified

  • Mobile Welding

  • Preventative Maintenance

Commercial Snow Removal
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We offer snow and ice control services for businesses in Ames and the surrounding communities. Additionally, we can remove and haul snow away to reclaim your space.

Septic Systems
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We are certified to install septic systems with IOWWA and Ecoflo coco filters.

From the Ground Up
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Ask us about our connections for modular homes, manufactured homes, and accessory buildings such as pole barns and garages. Don’t want to tear up your yard or driveway? We have a partner for directional drilling for out of sight, out of mind work.

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A large orange excavator loads wood chips into a yellow mobile wood chipper in an outdoor setting with trees and a blue sky in the background.
A construction site with an orange excavator loading dirt into a white dump truck against a backdrop of green trees and a blue sky.
A yellow and black John Deere dozer on a construction site with dirt and rocks, near residential houses with clear blue sky grading a road.