As a youngster in the 1990s, Seth Dixon used to help his stepfather install septic systems in and around Olympia, Washington. Now, the owner of SRD Construction/Excavation in Williston, North Dakota, still installs septic systems — and a whole lot more.
By adding diversified services such as waterline and sewer line installations, horizontal directional drilling, trenching and cable plowing, hydroexcavating, road building, and site preparation, Dixon has dramatically increased the size of his company. How much? For perspective, consider that in 2013 — the year Dixon established SRD (which use his initials, Seth Ryan Dixon) — he had $3,000 in a
