DVAED Holds Quarterly Meeting at Norris Sales in Conshohocken, Pa.

Fri November 09, 2018 - Northeast Edition #23
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief

Tim Stevenson, portfolio manager of PennDOT spoke about District 6 infrastructure projects and funding in the Keystone State.

Daniel Fisher, vice president of government affairs of AED, provided DVAED members with an update on AED’s national legislative priorities, including taxes, tariffs, infrastructure spending and more.

Mike Murray, Northeast regional manager of AED offered an overview of the AED Foundation Accreditation Process, as well as a status of school accreditation efforts in the Delaware Valley region.

The Delaware Valley Associated Equipment Distributors (DVAED) held its fall meeting Nov. 1, 2018 at Norris Sales in Conshohocken, Pa.

Tim Stevenson, portfolio manager of PennDOT; Daniel Fisher, vice president of government affairs of AED; and Mike Murray, Northeast regional manager of AED, delivered presentations for members during the quarterly meeting.

Stevenson spoke about District 6 infrastructure projects and funding in the Keystone State. District 6 covers the five-county Philadelphia area consisting of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties with all combining for 3,556 miles of road and 11 percent of the bridges in the state. Annual maintenance budget is $167 million and has half the traffic signals in the state. District 6 has about a third of the state's population and about a quarter of the state's registered vehicles and about a quarter of the daily miles.

"As a result of TIP [Transportation Improvement Program], we've got $2.7 billion that we're looking to spend in the next four years, just from a Capitol Budget side of the table … that's beyond the maintenance budget allocation," Stevenson said.

Of that money, approximately three-quarters will go to actual construction, with the remainder of the funds going to planning, research and administration; right-of-way; utility; final design and preliminary engineering.

Currently, District 6 has $2.5 billion worth of projects that are active right now — 127 projects in total and of those, 12 projects are valued at more than $50 million.

Fisher provided DVAED members with an update on AED's national legislative priorities, including taxes, tariffs, infrastructure spending and more.

Murray offered an overview of the AED Foundation Accreditation Process, as well as a status of school accreditation efforts in the Delaware Valley region, including Lincoln Tech in South Plainfield, N.J., and Berks High School.

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Craig Mongeau

Craig Mongeau has been Construction Equipment Guide’s editor in chief for the past 21-plus years. He directly manages CEG’s Northeast and Southeast editions (which includes New England, Georgia and Alabama state supplements); Superintendent’s Profile; Crane Guide; Northeast and Southeast-based anniversary magazines; and special event publications. He also oversees CEG’s Midwest and Western Editions as well as all CEG website content.

A Hofstra University graduate, Craig began his publishing career as a staff writer for local Southeast Pennsylvania newspapers. He then became an associate editor and book editor of Springhouse Corporation, a Pennsylvania-based medical publishing house and then worked as a managing editor of Rockhill Communications, based in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., where he created and managed content for a national Voluntary Hospital Association website.

Originally from Pittsfield, Mass., Craig has lived in North Wales, Pa., for the past 27 years. He has been married to his wife, Hillary, whom he met in college, since 1998 and together, they have two daughters, Jolie and Aubrie.

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