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® March 15 2023 Vol. LXV • No. 6
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Inside
J.D. Eckman Leads U.S. 1 Project Near Philly
Former Hoffman International Owner Joe Watters Passes Away...12
JESCO, ECI Partner to Provide GPS Modeling Solutions...18
Seen here is new bridge work over the Neshaminy Creek causeway.
By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
Well-Traveled Contractor Achieves Stellar Growth...42
Philadelphia, America’s sixth largest city, bristles with four-lane highways and busy thoroughfares carrying citizens, tourists and interstate
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Asphalt, Concrete, Paving, Compaction and Milling Section . . . . . . . . . . .57-79 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98-108 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
travelers to their destinations. These busy roads connect the city and visitors to historic locations downtown and fans to sporting venues. Two influential roadways, I-95 and U.S. 1, pass through the city on their way north to Maine or south all the way to Florida.
Pennsylvania DOT (PennDOT) has been making steady progress upgrading U.S. 1 and bridges that service the road. The progress includes safety enhancements, fresh overlays for smoothness and widening projects to handle the see PENNDOT page 38
Groff Tractor & Equipment Acquires Murphy Tractor Western Pa. Locations Groff Tractor & Equipment, a construction equipment dealer celebrating its 65th year in business, has completed the acquisition of two western Pennsylvania Murphy Tractor & Equipment locations effective March 1, 2023. “The foundation and legacy of Groff Tractor was established in central Pennsylvania in 1958 and we expanded into the western Pennsylvania market 25 years ago,” said Mike Savastio, president and CEO. “We have been a dealer for Wirtgen America since 2006, and we take great pride in our ability to service
the asphalt paving, milling, compaction and material processing segment of the industry in our territory. With this acquisition we will now unite the Deere Construction & Forestry and Wirtgen America product lines together in the region and will help further expand our ability to offer Western Pa. customers state of the art equipment solutions backed by GT&E’s best in class product support.” The purchase of Murphy Tractor locations in see GROFF page 22