Joseph McCormick Construction

What Joseph McCormick Construction does

Joseph McCormick Construction Co., Inc. is a family-owned heavy highway construction contractor headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania, founded in 1896 by Joseph McCormick and currently under sole ownership of Owen McCormick since 1999. The company specializes in asphalt paving, mass earthwork, site development, demolition, sanitary and storm sewer installation, and traffic signals/controls for federal, state, county, and municipal clients across northwest Pennsylvania, with the City of Erie and PennDOT as prequalified prime contractor relationships. Commercial and industrial customers (including hospitality, retail, and state parks) and a long tail of private individuals round out the customer mix. Operations are delivered through six construction crews — two paving crews and four excavation, drainage, milling, and utility crews — supported by an in-house asphalt manufacturing plant in Wesleyville, PA producing warm mix, hot mix, commercial base, binder, and wearing course mixes, including porous asphalt for stormwater management.

The company owns and operates its asphalt plant directly, which provides vertical integration into materials supply and enables recycling of over 15,000 tons of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) annually and use of recycled fuel oil for plant operations. Its fleet is equipped with GPS grading systems for precision earthwork. The company's go-to-market is direct field sales and competitive bidding on public contracts (PennDOT, City of Erie, county and federal work) supplemented by a 'Request a Quote' inbound lead form on its website for commercial and private jobs. Pricing is fully project-specific and not publicly disclosed; revenue is earned one-time per project under contract-based engagements with multi-year billing cadences on public work. The asphalt plant also produces material potentially sold to third parties in addition to internal consumption.

Commercially, Joseph McCormick Construction holds memberships in NAPA, PAPA, APC, and ABC, and received a 2010 NAPA Diamond Achievement Commendation for plant operations. The business is privately held with no institutional investors, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed funding rounds. Its geographic footprint is confined to northwest Pennsylvania, primarily Erie County, and it operates from a single headquarters in Erie with manufacturing operations in Wesleyville.

Name

Joseph McCormick Construction

Legal name

Joseph McCormick Construction Co., Inc.

Website

https://jmccormickconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1896

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Joseph McCormick Construction is a family-owned heavy highway construction and asphalt paving contractor based in Erie, Pennsylvania, serving PennDOT, the City of Erie, other municipal agencies, and commercial clients in northwest Pennsylvania through six construction crews and an in-house asphalt plant.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Highway Construction

NAICS

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237), Site Preparation Contractors (23891), Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing (324121)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Pavement Construction & Rehabilitation (Asphalt, Concrete, Overlays) (IMAFAEAE)

Keywords

• Heavy highway construction
• Asphalt paving services
• Asphalt manufacturing
• Site development
• Underground utilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Erie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Heavy Highway Construction Services: Project-based revenue from asphalt paving, excavation, site development, demolition, and sanitary/storm sewer installation work performed for government agencies and commercial clients. Revenue is earned through competitive bidding on public and private construction contracts.
2. Asphalt Manufacturing and Sales: The company's asphalt plant in Wesleyville, PA produces and sells warm mix, hot mix, commercial base, binder, and wearing course asphalt mixes, including porous asphalt pavements. Asphalt is sold directly to the company's own construction crews as well as potentially to external clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Joseph McCormick Construction is a family-owned heavy highway construction company that performs asphalt paving, excavation, site development, demolition, sanitary/storm sewer installation, traffic signals & controls, and related construction work for federal, state, county and municipal agencies as well as commercial/industrial businesses in northwestern Pennsylvania. The company also operates its own asphalt plant in Wesleyville, PA, producing warm mix, hot mix, commercial base, binder, wearing course, and porous asphalt mixes that are consumed by its own crews and available to external clients.

Product overview

Joseph McCormick Construction is a family-owned heavy highway construction company founded in 1896, specializing in asphalt paving, excavation, site development, demolition, and sanitary/storm sewer installation. The company operates its own asphalt manufacturing plant in Wesleyville, PA producing warm mix, hot mix, and commercial asphalt products. The core offerings center on Asphalt Manufacturing as the foundational product, supported by Asphalt Paving services for roads and parking lots. Site Development provides comprehensive land development including earthwork, grading, and utilities. The company also offers specialized services including Asphalt Repairs and Resurfacing, Roadway Resurfacing, Road Widening, Drainage Improvements, and DOT & Municipal Services for government contracts. The company runs six construction crews (2 paving crews and 4 crews for excavation, drainage, milling and utility work) serving federal, state, local government agencies and commercial/industrial businesses throughout Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Asphalt Manufacturing Operation of the company's asphalt plant in Wesleyville, PA, producing warm mix, hot mix, commercial base, binder, wearing course and porous asphalt mixes (including mixes that incorporate Recycled Asphalt Pavement) for both the company's own construction projects and external buyers.
• Asphalt Paving Heavy highway and roadway asphalt paving services delivered to government, commercial and private clients using the company's own asphalt mixes and two dedicated paving crews.
• Site Development Full site development services including site clearing, earthwork, demolition, grading, drainage, utilities, concrete curbs and asphalt paving for commercial, industrial and municipal clients.
• Parking Lot Construction Construction of new parking lots for commercial clients across the region, including drainage, excavation, stone subbase and asphalt paving.
• Asphalt Repairs and Resurfacing Solutions ranging from patching and structural repairs to resurfacing of parking lots and other paved surfaces, helping clients choose the appropriate repair or resurfacing option.
• Roadway Resurfacing Roto-milling and paving operations that remove and replace degraded asphalt top layers for federal, state, local and private clients.
• Road Widening Capacity-increase projects along traffic corridors by adding lanes, including excavation, stone base, underdrains, paving and line painting.
• Drainage Improvements Subsurface drainage installation services for government, private and commercial clients, building on the company's origins in storm sewer construction.
• DOT & Municipal Services Construction services delivered as a prequalified prime contractor for PennDOT and the City of Erie, bidding on municipal, county, state and federal construction contracts.
• Highway Construction Highway and roadway construction services performed for public and private clients throughout northwestern Pennsylvania.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recycles over 15,000 tons of Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Lindy Paving Inc. Western Pennsylvania asphalt paving and heavy highway contractor serving PennDOT and municipal clients. Directly comparable as a regional PA paving firm with similar service mix and government contracting focus.
• Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. Central Pennsylvania-based heavy highway, site development, and asphalt paving contractor. Directly comparable as a family-rooted regional Pennsylvania paving and heavy civil firm with in-house asphalt production and PennDOT prequalification.
• Brayman Construction Corporation: Western Pennsylvania heavy civil contractor performing heavy highway, excavation, and foundation work. Comparable in regional PennDOT-driven project focus and heavy civil service overlap.
• New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Pennsylvania-based heavy civil contractor and aggregate/asphalt producer with deep PennDOT project history. Directly comparable vertical integration (construction + asphalt plant operations) and regional Pennsylvania footprint.
• IA Construction Corporation: Pennsylvania-based heavy and highway construction contractor with asphalt paving and excavation capabilities. Directly comparable in scope, customer base (PennDOT, municipalities), and regional Pennsylvania execution model.

Regional players

• Mascaro Construction Company, LP: Pittsburgh-based site development, heavy civil, and paving contractor serving western Pennsylvania. Comparable in regional heavy civil/site work execution but with a slightly different geographic concentration than the subject.

Broad incumbents

• Granite Construction Incorporated: Large publicly traded heavy civil contractor with significant highway and asphalt paving operations across the U.S. Comparable asphalt paving and heavy highway service offering but at much greater scale and geographic reach than the subject.
• Lane Construction Corporation: Subsidiary of Webuild Group; one of the largest U.S. heavy civil and highway contractors. Comparable core capability in highway and paving construction but with substantially broader geographic and project-scale footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/jmccormickconstruction
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/joseph-mccormick-construction-company-inc-

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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