Wayne Thompson Jr. and his wife, Becky, were running an infrastructure contracting business with nine utility crews and a substantial fleet of heavy equipment when they started Crawler Pipeline Services. Their combined years of business and construction experience gave the enterprise a strong backbone.“Our business plan initially was to concentrate on pipeline inspections, drainline inspection and cleaning,” says Wayne Thompson. “We had shut down the construction company we operated for 20 years, partially due to the economy, but also because we were looking for an opportunity to work in a section of the industry where we would not be required
