Change can be scary for anyone, but both contractors featured in this issue overcame those fears in order to grow their companies.
Dana Hood, owner of Georgia-based Underground Systems, found herself making a service offering change to her company after the market in the Atlanta area changed. The company’s primary service was burying road-to-house service lines for cable television companies, using vibratory plows and doing opencut.
After 2005, the market changed with widespread consolidation in the state’s cable television industry, and only two competitors were left, creating tough competition for her company.
She knew she had to make changes — and
