Nick Santoni operates in a niche filled with famous names and famous places. Technicians from his company, Dynamic Drain Technologies in Virginia Beach, Va., have lined small-diameter pipes at the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Capitol Building, Postal Service buildings, University of Virginia and Theodore Roosevelt Island. Military bases, including Quantico, also populate the list.
While doing market research on the feasibility of opening his new business, Santoni found many civil engineers, utility site contractors and defense contractors were either unaware of trenchless technologies or were hiring out-of-state pipe lining firms.
