Nov-2017

166 167 THE CARSON CORPORATION THE CARSON CORPORATION 30YEARS OF CHANGE I f you ask Dan Carson, founder of Carson Corporation, for a company profile, he will humbly begin with “I was fresh out of college and went and bought a Cater- pillar back hoe. It was me, myself and I.” It takes some prying to discover that the firm’s work now spreads across several east and gulf coast states, and that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the Carson Corporation, a civil construction and directional drilling firm based in Lafayette, New Jersey. Over the past three decades, Dan Carson has invested in tools and technologies and has navigated through booms and busts, political vacillation, and industry advances. His investments have proved sound, as the AT A GLANCE THE CARSON CORPORATION WHAT: Horizontal drilling and civil construction WHERE: Lafayette, New Jersey WEBSITE: www.carsoncorporation.net