A Local Family Owned Business Since 1985 Passed Down Through Each Generation

Jack-A-Slab Construction is a family owned and operated business established in 1985. Dave Heady Sr. founded the first Mud Jacking company south of the Wisconsin border in Peoria, IL. and named it Slab Jackers Construction. In 1989 Dave Heady Jr. took over the branch in Slab Jackers in Springfield, IL, which his dad started in 1987. After working the Springfield branch for 4 years, Dave Jr. took a 16 year hiatus to do missionary work in Romania. Dave Sr. continued in Peoria until he moved Knoxville, Tennessee in the early 90’s where he started Jack A Slab Construction. Years later he started a new branch in the Chattanooga area where he recently retired at the age of 72. After Dave Jr.’s return from Romania in 2008, he started Jack A Slab Construction. With the help of one of his sons, they started as a team in Decatur. Since then, the company has expanded to serve other areas in Central Illinois as well as adding 5 other team members, a full time estimator, and full time office staff. We now serve Central Illinois in Springfield, Champaign/Urbana, Decatur, and Bloomington/Normal. We also recently acquired the business that Dave Sr. started back in the 1980’s in the Peoria area. As you can see, mudjacking and foundation work are a family trade that is being passed down to each generation.