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.
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.
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.
Cooper and Sons specializes in repairing and installing underground utilities. Water services, water mains, and sanitary sewer? Yup, we do that.
Other services
We specialize in building demolition and land clearing. Concrete and asphalt aren’t a problem for us to remove either.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.

