Michels Corporation is a utility, engineering, design, and construction contractor. The family-owned company links systems for energy, transportation, distribution, and communications customers. It specializes in installing fiber optic networks for telephone, broadband, and cable providers. Through more than a dozen divisions, operating in the US and Canada, Michels offers a variety of services including horizontal and directional drilling, underground pipe repair, tunneling, engineering, paving, and materials production. The company also provides wind farm construction through a wind energy division. Founded in 1959 by Dale Michels, the company initially installed and serviced gas pipelines in Wisconsin.