Michels Corporation is a diversified utility contractor with critical expertise in a field unmatched by any contractor in the country. Our experience, size and unique capabilities guarantee that your project will be constructed as designed and on time.

1959	Michels begins doing business as a gas pipeline construction company providing the construction and installation of natural gas distribution systems to Wisconsin utilities.
1963	Michels enters the telephone cable construction field providing outside plant construction and installation of buried telephone cable systems in Wisconsin.
1970	Michels expands its knowledge of underground utility construction and forms a Sewer, Water and Tunnel Division.
1976	Michels begins producing crushed aggregates and supplying materials for various road and building construction projects throughout eastern Wisconsin. Today, Michels Materials Division operates more than 100 limestone quarries and gravel pits throughout Wisconsin and is the largest aggregate producer in the state.
1977	Michels becomes heavily involved in the construction of rural water distribution systems throughout the northern plain states. These new services include construction of water mains, laterals and residential water service.
1983	Twenty years after the completion of its first telephone cable job, Michels becomes one of the very first contractors involved in the construction of fiber optic cable systems in the United States.  Michels develops unique methods and builds customized equipment for completing this type of construction. Notable examples of this are Michels’ design and fabrication of several rail-mounted cable plows. Today, Michels Communications is one of the largest design and outside plant construction telecommunication contractors in the United States.
1988	Michels masters a technologically advanced new method of underground utility construction known as horizontal directional drilling. Directional drilling is a specialized method of boring using state-of-the-art equipment. We have installed pipe up to 60-inches in diameter and currently hold the record for the longest drilled installation in rock, 6,050 linear feet. This advanced method of boring is used to cross beneath various bodies of water and structures where traditional boring and trenching is either impossible or impractical. Directional drilling is another leading-edge technology for underground utility construction by Michels Directional Crossings.
1996	Michels’ team of personnel consisting of engineers, electricians, hydraulic specialists and machinists successfully designs and manufactures the most powerful directional drilling rig to date. Dubbed “Hercules-1200” for its enormous power and pullback capabilities (1,200,000 pounds push/pullback), the rig adds more diversity to its fleet of drilling rigs. Hercules-1200 fills the need for installing large diameter, heavy wall pipe as well as drilling through hard-consolidated (rock) ground conditions, and tackling the most difficult installations.
1997	Adding to the diversity of Michels’ utility construction business, newly-acquired Superior Electric Company of Appleton, Wis., provides greater depth to our operations. With this acquisition, Michels adds specialized skills in electrical line and substation construction, industrial electric design/build construction, and teledata and audio/video design, wiring and interface. Michels Canadian presence is established with the creation of Michels Directional Crossings Co. located in Calgary (Airdrie), Alberta. This Canadian facility and workforce helps Michels establish a greater directional drilling presence throughout Canada.
1999	Michels acquires Pilchuck Contractors, Inc. of Redmond, Wash. Pilchuck is Michels’ wholly-owned Seattle-based underground utility contractor that has served the needs of gas and telecommunications customers throughout the Northwest for more than 15 years.  Pilchuck joins Michels with almost 200 skilled trades people. This acquisition expands Michels’ gas distribution and telecommunications construction businesses in the Northwest United States. Michels’ team of personnel successfully designs and manufactures a second "Hercules-1200” possessing capabilities of 1,200,000 pounds push/pullback power, adding more diversity to its fleet of drilling rigs. Hercules-1200 is utilized for installing large diameter heavy wall pipe, as well as drilling through hard-consolidated (rock) ground conditions and large diameter long installations.
2000	Having seen the need for turnkey telecommunications installation in 2000, Michels acquires Data-Tel Communication Services (now known as Mi-Tech Services). Mi-Tech is a communications design, engineering, inspection and right-of-way service company providing telecommunication services to many of the same customers Michels Communications serves today. The addition of Data-Tel (Mi-Tech) as a subsidiary of Michels added more than 175 employees capable of performing design engineering, surveying, drafting, field inspection, right-of-way acquisitions and more. Mi-Tech’s main offices are located in Green Bay, Wis., with additional offices in Neenah and New Berlin, Wis.
2001	Michels Pipeline Construction, Inc. begins a new era, changing its name to Michels Corporation. For more than 40 years the name “Michels Pipeline Construction” has epitomized the origin of our success in the gas pipeline utility construction industry. Over the years, Michels has diversified and evolved into a company, which provides a wide array of services to the construction industry. Today, the name Michels Corporation represents the breadth of the services and capabilities of linking systems for energy, distribution and communications.
2002	Michels Corporation acquires BBC as part of the Mid-America Line and Cable division. Michels also acquires Anderson Bros. & Johnson, located in Wausau, Wis., who mines the only deep-red granite in North America.
2003	Michels Corporation acquires an office and yard facility in Phoenix, Ariz., while Michels Pipeline Construction opens a distribution gas pipeline construction operating facility in Burnsville, Minn. Michels forms a new division, Michels Drilled Foundations. With drilling capabilities of over 12 feet in diameter to 120 feet deep, Michels Drilled Foundations can drill and install building and sign foundations, power transmission poles, geological site assessments, landfill wells and dewatering, as well as foundations for towers, bridges and roads.
2004	Michels Mid-America Line and Cable division changes its name to Michels Communications to encompass its diversification as a telecommunications contactor.  Michels is now involved in many varying aspects of communications including network design, installation and maintenance. Michels ventures west as it purchases the well-established cured-in-place pipe business of Gelco Services, Inc. based in Salem, Ore. In addition to the traditional work of concrete and pipeline rehabilitation services, Gelco/Michels Pipe Services performs the installation of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP), as well as resin impregnated cured-in-place lining, and continues to design better ways of installation while perfecting the entire process. Michels Directional Crossings moves its Canadian operations to the Edmonton, Alberta area (Nisku). Michels’ skilled technicians manufacture another drilling rig, the DD-840, which brings the total fleet to over 65 drilling rigs. Michels Directional Crossings masters horizontal directional drilling by successfully completing crossings up to 60 inches in diameter and more than 15,700 feet in length.
2005	To solidify the Michels presence in the Chicago area, Michels opens a regional facility in Rockdale, Illinois. This location provides office space, a large warehouse, shop area and over four acres of well-lit and fenced-in yard for storage. Michels Corporation enters the concrete paving industry, a natural extension for the company that produces more than 10 million tons of aggregates annually. Michels Paving provides quality concrete paving services to both the public and private sectors. Michels Corporation purchases the assets of PCC Construction Co. and its sister companies, completing another major step in the company’s plan to become a leading contractor in Wisconsin ’s concrete paving industry.
2006	Michels Pipe Services successfully installs over 1 Million feet of pipe underground. Michels builds a new facility in Salem, Oregon. This facility provides ample office space, maintenance and warehouse buildings, yard and a wet-out shop.   Michels Directional Crossings receives two awards from Trenchless Technology magazine. Michels receives project of the year for 7,600 feet, 20 inch diameter crossing under the St. Lawrence River in Canada . Michels also receives honorable mention for 8,400 feet, 10 inch crossing under Choctawhatchee Bay located in Destin, FL.
2007	Michels Sewer, Water and Tunnel division embraces a new identity. The Sewer, Water and Tunnel division is now formally known as Michels Tunneling. The new name more effectively describes the services that are provided. Michels Pipe Services is honored by Trenchless Technology magazine in their “Project of the Year” competition. They are chosen for installing 4,000-feet of 60-inch pipe in Milwaukee, WI.
2008	Michels Pipe Services is honored by Trenchless Technology magazine in their “Project of the Year” competition. Michels Corporation is ranked number 64 in ENR’s Top 400 U.S. Contractors issue. They are also ranked number 172 as one of the largest construction firms in the world. At Michels Corporation, we have a solid group of professionals all working under the one name of Michels Corporation to deliver the project on time and under budget. Whether it is drilling, wind, directional crossing, pipeline, CIPP, tunneling, paving, engineering, environmental resource, materials, communications or power and transmission; we are One Michels – Michels Corporation.

Michels Operating Divisions include:

• Michels Pipeline Construction
• Michels Tunneling
• Michels Pipe Services
• Michels Directional Crossings
• Michels Communications
• Michels Materials
• Michels Power
• Mi-Tech Services, Inc.
• Pilchuck Contractors, Inc.
• Pilchuck Diversified Services
• Anderson Bros. & Johnson
• Fond du Lac Stone
• Michels Paving
• Michels Wind Energy