Soper Construction Co.

Soper Construction Co. has been digging into Sturbridge, Massachusetts for a long time -- the company's own history traces back to 1961, when Clarence "Bud" Soper started it as a landscaping outfit out of a garage in Southbridge before it grew into excavation, septic systems and general construction. Today his son Stephen Soper is named as a current principal, and the company says it covers South Worcester County towns including Southbridge, Dudley, Charlton, Brimfield, Oxford, Auburn and Holland. The work people actually hire them for runs underground. Replacing a failed septic system before a home sale comes up again and again in reviews: one 2025 homeowner described the whole job -- engineering, town approvals, a new tank, a leach field, then landscaping and hydroseeding after -- as timely and professional, with the crew coming back the next day after a heavy rain just to check the grounds. Another 2025 review closing on a house said much the same: fast, professional, worth recommending. A separate 2025 Houzz review covers a different kind of dig -- tearing out an old driveway, reshaping the slope and building a retaining wall for drainage -- and calls Stephen Soper's crew prompt and easy to work with. There isn't much to flag before calling. The company isn't BBB accredited and BBB hasn't rated it, which reflects a lack of information on file rather than any complaint. BuildZoom shows an active Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration under a newer license number, alongside an older one it now lists as inactive -- that's BuildZoom's own record, not a state verification, so it's worth confirming directly which number is current. For a septic replacement, a driveway regrade, or another excavation-heavy project in the towns it covers, this is a company with six decades of local history and a small, consistent run of recent five-star jobs behind it. For anything closer to an indoor remodel, ask directly -- what's on record here is mostly about what's underground and out front.