Baranko Bros., Inc. began as a partnership in 1967 doing primarily soil conservation work. We expanded into the oilfield in the 1970’s and were incorporated in 1979. Baranko Bros., Inc. is owned by Emil Baranko who retired in 2000, and his son Glenn. The company is based in Dickinson, North Dakota, with yard and shop facilities in Beulah, Center, and Fairfield, North Dakota. Glenn also owns a coal crushing facility in Center, North Dakota, providing stoker and lump coal to customers throughout North and South Dakota and into Canada. Click on Center Coal Company for more information.

The company continues to expand into all types of earthwork, including: underground, concrete, material hauling, construction of landfill facilities, coal mine ash pits, clay liners, as well as projects involving installation of plastic liners for water or waste containment.

We have successfully completed projects in size from few hundred yards to over a million yards. Clients we have worked for include Amerada Hess, Encore Operating, Headington Oil Company, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, N.D. Public Service Commission, Montana Dakota Utilities, N.D. Department of Transportation, Dakota Gasification Company, Minnkota Power Cooperative, Basic Electric Power Cooperative, Great River Energy, Falkirk Mine, Exxon/Mobil, Conoco/Phillips, U.S. Forest Service, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, and many other clients. As of April 2003, we became a preferred supplier for Basic Electric Power Cooperative.

We have experienced estimators and job supervisors that can give quotes and perform supervisory duties. We also maintain a regular safety program and employ a full time safety coordinator.