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1973

HEI was officially founded by Bill and Dan Hudick in Colorado. HEI Civil started as a basement digging and residential grading company.

1976

Expanded into small rural road construction projects and commercial site development.

1980

Completed large mass grading and large structure earth moving project at Fort Carson for the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers.

1989

Began performing the civil work for large municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities.

1991

Company expanded into large infrastructure development projects for governmental entities including municipalities, U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, and CDOT.

1993

Completed first high hazard dam.

1994

Company established itself as the premier turn-key contractor for complex rural residential projects including design build.

1998

Completed second high hazard dam.

2003

The company focuses mainly on turn-key GC/CM civil construction projects.

2009

Hudick Excavating, Inc. rebranded as HEI Civil.

2013

Achieved “Unlimited” size and scope pre-qualification status with Colorado Department of Transportation.

2015

Launched concrete division.

2018

Launched bridge building division.

2018

Crossed 500 employee threshold.

2018

Awarded Corporate Account status with Caterpillar.

2018

Peabody General Contractors in Austin, Texas is acquired by HEI Civil.

2019

Horsepower Site Services in Charlotte, North Carolina is acquired by HEI Civil.

2020

Awarded 3rd Place in Division at AGC’s 21st Annual Construction Safety Excellence Awards.

2021

Awarded 1st Place in Division at AGC’s 22nd Annual Construction Safety Excellence Awards.

2023

Leo Denslow is appointed as CEO.

2024

Peabody General Contractors and Horsepower Site Services officially become HEI Civil.

• Safety is at the top of this list for a reason. We are committed to providing a safe working environment for our team members, clients, and the public at large.
• We simply will not accept the notion that “accidents happen.” Accidents often occur because something is missed or overlooked, due to a lack of proper training, improper execution, improper use of PPE, or disregard for personal responsibility.
• It is our most sincere desire to send each team member home every night to their loved ones, safe and healthy.
• We also recognize a responsibility to our fellow citizens and will always endeavor to take reasonable steps to protect the public from any threat of harm that our work may pose.

• We are committed to the success and well-being of our people.
• We invest in ongoing training and development programs that empower our team members to enhance their skills, expand their knowledge, and grow both personally and professionally.
• Our team members, business and supply-chain partners, clients and customers, and the community feel welcomed, respected, and valued by our enterprise.
• We actively engage with and give back to our community, strengthening our relationships with stakeholders inside and outside the enterprise.

• We pride ourselves on being masters of our trade. We are contracted to perform our work professionally in conformance with the project requirements set forth by our contract.
• We will not sacrifice quality in anything we do. The most effective way to protect and build on HEI’s well-earned reputation as an outstanding contractor is to perform our work in a timely, effective, and professional manner.
• We recognize and strive to uphold our commitment to excellence, whether performing a limited scope of work as a subcontractor or as a general contractor engaged to deliver an entire project.
• At HEI, we use all our experience, knowledge, skills, and training to meet our contractual obligations to deliver the completed performance or product as specified in our contract documents.

• We understand and appreciate the fact that our clients provide us all with the opportunity to make a good living in our trade.
• Our highest priority is to work diligently with our clients to achieve a successful, profitable project.
• We will strive to bring each project in on time and at or under budget in accordance with our contract. We recognize and appreciate that our clients have committed to significant financial obligations to build their projects, and they also have obligations to their shareholders, business partners, and end users.
• During construction, HEI is often viewed as a representative of our client, both to our client’s ownership group and to the general public. We will always be mindful of this responsibility and strive to conduct ourselves professionally.

• Our tools and equipment enable us to make a living in our chosen trade.
• We endeavor to acquire and maintain the best machinery tailored to the project’s requirements. The appearance and condition of our equipment reflect HEI professionally and personally.
• Our equipment represents a considerable investment from our company’s stockholders. As such, we will treat our tools and equipment with the same level of respect and care as we do our personal belongings and property.
• We expect and trust our team members to protect our investment in equipment by using it as it was designed and intended and to take good care of it.

• We provide our clients with a contract price and a schedule for our work. We recognize that our clients have often made commitments to others based on those prices and schedules.
• As a company and as individuals, we cannot deliver a successful project and meet our financial goals and commitments unless we consistently produce at the prescribed production rates.
• We will work as a team, company-wide, to help each other meet our goals. We can only and will always succeed as a team.
• We will never sacrifice professionalism, work quality, safety, or care of the equipment for production.