About Us

Founded during the blizzard of 1977, C & E Excavating, Inc. began with Ed Bessinger's purchase of a bulldozer to help clear Elkhart's snow-covered streets. Throughout the 1980s, the company expanded into residential work, eventually partnering with golf courses and private businesses to provide sitework and utility services for both residential and commercial construction.

By the mid-1990s, C & E shifted its focus toward utility work for local municipalities. In 1998, Ed's son Thad Bessinger joined the company, working his way up from the field to his current role as President/Owner alongside company partner and Vice President/Owner Bryan Slott.

Today, more than 40 years later, C & E Excavating employs nearly 70 team members and operates 15 crews. We specialize in sitework, utility work, demolition, casing bores, recycling, mining and washing, winter salting, and snowplowing.

Operating within a 75-mile radius of our Elkhart headquarters, we maintain three recycling facilities. Our Elkhart and South Bend locations focus on concrete/asphalt recycling and topsoil production, while our Edwardsburg, Michigan facility produces washed spec and mason sand, washed stone, topsoil, and various types of fill.

We remain deeply committed to supporting our local community and sharing God's blessings. Our team proudly sponsors numerous programs, including:

• Water for People
• Lifeline of Elkhart
• Faith Mission
• 4-H Fair youth and Buyers Group
• Edwardsburg Public Schools Robotics/Equestrian/Athletics Teams
• Cornerstone Christian Montessori
• WYRED ROBOTICS
• Sports with a Purpose
• Youth in Development Mentorship Program

Additionally, we support CBMC (Christian Business Men's Connection) and various local churches throughout the Michiana Area.

• Demolition
• Infrastructure
• Large Sitework
• School Sitework
• Commercial Sitework
• GPS Construction
• Engineering
• Sheet Shoring
• Case Boring
• HydroVac
• Aggregate
• Sand and Gravel
• Plowing