In 1965, Gene Holle, founding father, left his childhood home in Nebraska to begin a new, prosperous life in California. With a family to support and a Midwest farm ethic he immediately excelled from a laborer to an equipment operator with a small swimming pool excavation company.

     

Within a couple years, Gene saved enough for a down payment on a used dump truck, crawler, tractor and trailer. Holle Excavating was born.

 

The work involved long hours, seven-day work weeks, and constant maintenance on the equipment.  Before long, Holle Excavating had grown into a sizeable swimming pool excavation company with multiple crews.

   

It was in 1979 when the swimming pool market began to decline, Gene decided to diversify into  General Contracting. Public Works projects soon became the primary workload for Holle Excavating.

 

In 1981, Gene's son Mitch joined the company as a laborer. Once Gene was sure the "Traditional Farm Ethic" was instilled in his son, he decided to create MICON - MItch's CONtracting. The new company quickly prospered in the park building sector of public works contracting. New team members joined to create a mid-size corporation.

 

2021, we continue to build strong, with projects in Arizona, California, and Nevada, we believe there is no project we can't take on.