Emery Sapp & Sons (ESS) is all about owning what we do. We’re a group of 100% employee-owned multi-faceted contractors who thrive on delivering complex heavy civil projects. Since our founding in 1972, ESS has grown into a team of more than 2,000 employee-owners that are experts in excavation, grading, underground utilities, bridge construction, asphalt paving and concrete paving.