About Us

An Independent, Owner-Run Pipeline Contractor

Appalachian Pipeline Contractors, LLP was founded in Gallatin, Tennessee in 2003 and is still owned by the people who run it. When you work with APC, you work directly with the owners, not a corporate office three states away.

The Appalachian Pipeline Contractors team

Who We Are

Lean by Design, Backed by Decades

We know our business is more than just putting pipe in the ground, it is doing things right. Almost every contractor that does what we do is publicly traded and owned by one of a few large parent companies. We are not. APC was founded in 2003 by people who came up through the pipeline industry as laborers, operators, and superintendents, and that experience runs the company today.

Our on-site management style is the principle the company was founded on. Each project is unique, so we monitor production and costs daily and adapt to the dynamics of the job immediately, providing the most efficient and cost-effective project for our clients. That is not only rewarding, it represents our pride as professionals.

2003 Founded in Gallatin, Tennessee

50+ yrs Pipeline experience at the top

4 Union crafts, signatory contractor

"A job well done is one where no one was injured and we worked in balance with our surroundings."

The standard on every APC jobsite

How We Work

A Tight-Knit Team, Committed to Every Project

Our company is run by a tight-knit group of highly knowledgeable and experienced people who are committed to the success of every project. From bid to commissioning, we work together with our clients because a good client-contractor relationship is the best approach to successful pipelining.

We know and trust our employees' skill, and we hire the right craftspeople to get the job done on time, within budget, and to the highest of standards.

Where We Have Built

Our experience does not stop at the state line, or the border.

The majority of the United States
Canada
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Ecuador
The Far East

Leadership

Meet Our Founders

The people who built this company started in the field, and they still run it from down the hall.

Bobby A. Crotts

Chairman and CEO

Almost 50 years in pipeline construction, from laborer in 1968 to co-founding U.S. Pipeline, then establishing APC in 2003.

Tennessee native and graduate of Tennessee Technological University, Bobby has almost 50 years of experience in the pipeline construction industry. He has been involved in every phase of building natural gas, crude oil, water, chemicals, and refined products pipelines, with projects throughout the continental United States, Russia, West Africa, the Middle East, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.

Bobby joined Associated Pipeline Contractors in 1968 as a laborer. Over the next two decades he progressed from Engineer to Project Engineer to Project Manager at Gregory and Cook, Inc., then rejoined Associated Pipe Line Contractors in 1988 as Vice President. In 1994 he co-founded U.S. Pipeline, Inc., serving as Executive Vice-President and later President.

In 2003, Bobby established Appalachian Pipeline Contractors, LLP with his business partners. As President and CEO, he navigated the company through difficult years in the industry to become the reliable and successful company it is today.

Jimmy L. Crotts

Vice-Chairman

Four decades in the field, from laborer to general superintendent. Co-founded APC in 2003.

Jimmy has nearly four decades of experience in the pipeline construction industry. Starting his career with Gregory & Cook, Inc. in the late 70s, he began as a laborer, moved up to Heavy Equipment Operator, then Project Foreman, and finally Project Superintendent before leaving in 1997.

He joined U.S. Pipeline as Vice President and General Superintendent, responsible for all field construction operations until 2002. In 2003, he co-founded Appalachian Pipeline Contractors, LLP and has served as Executive Vice President and General Superintendent on projects that span the continent from Washington State to Florida.

Frederick A. Lysak

Executive Vice President

From Canadian pipeline crews in the 1970s to leading CRC-Evans worldwide. APC partner since 2013.

Fred began his career in pipeline construction during the 1970s in Canada. Starting as a laborer, he quickly moved to managerial positions, assuming supervisory responsibilities in his early 20s. Moving from management to ownership, he became a partner in Bolder Concrete, Ltd, a company that subcontracted to the pipeline construction field.

His early success led him to become President of the CRC-Evans Pipeline Equipment Division, where he managed worldwide operations. In 2012, Fred joined Appalachian Pipeline Contractors, LLP as a Project Manager and secured an ownership interest in 2013. He has spurred Appalachian's growth throughout the USA.

Jana Metcalfe Crooks

Chief Financial Officer

A lifetime in the pipeline industry, from the North Slope of Alaska to APC partner since 2007.

Jana has spent much of her life in the pipeline industry, growing up in the Middle East as a "pipeline kid." She began her formal work in the industry on the North Slope of Alaska in the mid 1980s, then joined her father at U.S. Pipeline in 1998, working job cost functions in field offices before moving to the Houston head office in 2000 as Vice President of Finance and an owner.

Jana joined Appalachian Pipeline Contractors, LLP as a partner in 2007. She oversees all financial aspects of the company, as well as risk management and contract administration.

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