A-1 Sewer And Drain Embraces Change

Brothers build business with quality work, careful investment and a focus on the growing municipal market.

Mar 23, 2015 | by Ken Wysocky |

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A-1 Sewer And Drain Embraces Change — The staff at A-1 Sewer and Drain in Rapid City, South Dakota, includes (from left) Shannon Franke, Jonah Vincent, Jeff Warrior, Albert Lewis, Dalonda Franke, Jason Franke, Christian Lewis, Joshua Franke, Josh Hansen, Zac Hansen and Duane Rosekrans.

A-1 Sewer And Drain Embraces Change — A-1 Sewer and Drain project manager Zac Hansen (left) and assistant Jeff Warrior prepare to lower a CUES OZII camera into a manhole for an annual assessment of an 8-inch collection line.

A-1 Sewer And Drain Embraces Change — A-1 Sewer and Drain project manager Zac Hansen keeps an eye on the CUES monitor while inspecting an 8-inch sanitary sewer line. The inspection system utilizes Granite XP data collection software.

A-1 Sewer And Drain Embraces Change — A-1 Sewer and Drain technicians Christian Lewis (left) and Duane Rosekrans set up to clean a sewer line with a Vac-Con jetting truck.

A-1 Sewer And Drain Embraces Change — Rosekrans operates the controls and keeps a close eye on the hose reel while cleaning a sewer line.

A-1 Sewer And Drain Embraces Change — Rosekrans operates the controls and keeps a close eye on the hose reel while cleaning a sewer line.

A-1 Sewer And Drain Embraces Change — A-1 Sewer and Drain’s Duane Rosekrans (left) and Christian Lewis feed an 8-inch liner into a custom-built CIPP Services continuous inverter on a sewer lining project.

A-1 Sewer And Drain Embraces Change — A-1 Sewer and Drain owners and brothers Jason (left) and Josh Franke have built their South Dakota-based business from a small septic pumping operation with a few pieces of used equipment to a 13-person shop with a $1.5 million fleet focused primarily on the municipal market.

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A good example is A-1 Sewer and Drain in Rapid City, South Dakota, which by any measure started out small in 2000. That’s when Jason Franke started the venture with just a small cable machine, an old jetting truck once owned by the City of Los Angeles and a used Ford pumper truck for cleaning septic tanks.But the company steadily grew by recognizing emerging markets for other services — especially sewer cleaning and inspections, along with trenchless pipe relining — then capitalizing on those opportunities by making careful investments in equipment.Today, the company — now owned by Jason, 36, along

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