After working for years in various phases of construction in and around Champaign-Urbana, Ill., Jesse Stephens established Stephens Excavating & Concrete, taking care of sewer lines for residential customers.With a service area population of 150,000, and competing with possibly 100 other providers, Stephens and wife Tina saw that they needed to make the company stand out from the pack. As they checked out opportunities, pipe bursting seemed to be just the ticket. It would require a substantial investment, but after reviewing the technology and seeing that few others in the area offered the service, they took the plunge in 2007.Trained
