CRISTIANI BUILDS BUSINESS WITH GORILLA HAMMERS INVENTORY

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Dan Cristiani Excavating Company Inc. has developed into a multi-million-dollar family of businesses with more than 175 employees operating under the DCEC Holdings banner.

Once a small excavating company with a fleet consisting of a dump truck and small tractor back in 1971, the Dan Cristiani Excavating Company Inc. has developed into a multimillion-dollar family of businesses with more than 175 employees operating under the DCEC Holdings banner.

Building the business based on principles of being honest and sincere with both customers and employees, founder Dan Cristiani has established an outstanding reputation within Louisville, Ky., and surrounding community. The company provides excavation, directional drilling and utility services. Although he officially retired in 2020, Cristiani’s management style of “we’re all in this together” continues to define the company’s total teamwork approach.

Impressive by any standards, the company’s growth has been more the result of an adherence to the founder’s focus on service rather than a desire to be bigger.

“We never set goals to grow, we just meet our customers’ needs and do what we’re asked to do,” said Cristiani. “We never have really said that we are going to grow this year — it just happened.”

Cristiani’s approach has paid off and as a result, the company has grown 70 percent in the past five years. Now helmed by Chris Jackson and Dan’s son, Danny Cristiani, the company recently marked two very significant achievements.

In 2021, the company celebrated its 50th anniversary while simultaneously reaching $50 million in business for its primary business entities, including Gotta Go Inc., an equipment and materials hauling business founded in 1997 and Gotta Go Dumpster Service, founded in 2007.

Dan Cristiani Excavating’s business consists of one-third residential infrastructure; onethird industrial commercial work; and one-third municipal work.

The excavation aspect of the business encompasses earthmoving, land clearing, demolition and stormwater retention basin construction. Its utility construction work includes stormwater drainage systems, installation and repair of water