Pipeline Construction at Its Best

History

Eaton Construction was formed in 2006 and is led by owner Wayne Eaton, who brings 20 years of experience in water lines, excavation and poly pipe.

Starting in 2006, the company worked in the methane industry in the Powder River Basin, mostly for Yates and Rowdy Pipeline. Since 2011, the company has been a big part of the Bakken oil field, working mainly for Whiting Petroleum and Hiland Partners.

In 2011 we also built a shop with living quarters in Watford City, North Dakota, the home base for our Bakken crews. Our headquarters is in St. Onge, South Dakota.

Quality & Production

Quality control is conducted on a daily basis. Owner Wayne Eaton is on the job site every day to make sure work meets specifications. All employees are trained and certified in poly-pipe fusion, and new employees are not allowed to fuse unsupervised for sixty days, even after certification.

Equipment

We fuse all of our own mainline poly pipe with a McElroy MFT 20 Fast Fusion machine, which protects both production and quality. We're capable of fusing all sizes of poly pipe. We also install steel pipeline for gathering systems and fiberglass for flowlines, and we run our own rock saw, hydrovac truck and trucks.

How We Work

• Owner on site, every day. Wayne runs the work in the field, not from a distant office.
• Cross-trained crews. We cross-train all of our employees and give them up-to-date equipment.
• Experienced people. Most of our employees have been with us five years or more.
• Safety and quality first. Every employee is MSHA trained and OSHA certified.

Timeline

• 2006: Eaton Construction formed; methane pipeline in the Powder River Basin.
• 2011: Work moves to the Bakken oil field; Watford City, ND shop and living quarters built.
• Today: Pipeline, fusion, hydrovac, dirt work, welding and trucking across western North Dakota and western South Dakota.