Burrells Excavating Inc

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Founded by Douglas V. Burrell in 1973, Burrell's Excavating, Inc., which began as Burrell's Parking Lot Service, repaired lots for local homeowners and merchants. Doug Burrell was a full-time fireman, and used his backhoe for extra revenue while he supported his eight children.

Doug started with small projects on the weekends, such as sewer and water services for local homes. He also offered site clearing and preparation services, including digging basements and footers.

The Parking Lot Service was one of two businesses owned by Doug Burrell. He also operated a successful dry cleaning business. Lacking employees, Doug spent many long hours at both businesses, running them with the help of his youngest son David.

Through time, David became more involved with his father's business acquisitions, ultimately buying both in 1982, and changing the name of Parking Lot Service to Burrell's Excavating. David's ambition was primarily to expand his new excavating company. His first steps were to build a larger shop and, along with the purchase of a new 310B backhoe, he hired his first employee, Gray Guinn. Gary is still employed by Burrell's to this day.

David's vision was realized with the award of his first big project when Fay's Drug Store moved into the lower shopping plaza in Norwich, NY. Dave and Gary began the site work in the summer of 1984. The following year they added a project at Simmons Precision.

The job at Simmons Precision was large enough to require additional manpower and the purchase of more equipment. So in 1985, Dave hired another full time employee and three truck drivers, and purchased a 690B John Deer Excavator and a 450 John Deere bulldozer.

In the years since that time, David built Burrell's Excavating, Inc. (incorporated and bonded in 1992) into a very successful small business. David had a staff of ten in 1992, and is proud to say that seven are still employed to this day.

After incorporating, David's next step came in 1997 when he added a 110 acre gravel bed named KMC Sand & Gravel. KMC is named after, and primarily owned by, his family Kim, his wife, and two children, Matthew and Courtney. In 2003, David purchased automated scales for KMC with a fully automated scale house. To complement his expanding business, he equipped the gravel bed with a conecrusher to work hand-in-hand with his screening plant. KMC has extensive products to offer both municipalities thousands of tons at a time, or, for the do-it-yourselfer that just needs a pickup truck loaded.

Today, Burrell's Excavating, Inc. employs 18 men and women in season. In the winter months, Burrell's Excavating employs 9 full-time. The transformation from Burrell's Parking Lot Service to Burrell's Excavating, Inc. took place over 30 years, and the company is looking forward to at least another 30 years. Matthew Burrell, following his family tradition, will eventually take the helm.