J.D. Eckman, an Atglen-based construction company, never knows what its workers might find underground when working on Pennsylvania’s roads, writes Ryan Eldredge for Local 21 News.

Construction crews throughout the state have run into trolley tracks, brick sidewalks, and ancient water lines, among many other surprises.

And often those hidden conditions are revealed when the team bores through the surface, looking for possible issues before digging in wholeheartedly.

“We see all kinds of things. Our company does everything from the widening of (Route) 83 here to truss rehabs,” said Mike Perloski, Vice President of J.D. Eckman.

The company crews, however, are accustomed to encountering project snags from time to time.

“There are some really deteriorated structures and roadways out there that we can’t keep up with,” said Perloski.

J.D. Eckman works closely with PennDOT, which is in charge of tackling projects before the contractor ever arrives onsite.

“We try to investigate ahead of time with borings and taking some surface drilling to evaluate soil conditions on top of rock and that sort of thing. But those are spot locations, and the data is interpolated across the entire project,” said Mike Deiter, Assistant Construction Manager at PennDOT.

More about J.D. Eckman is at Local 21 News.