Jim McDuffee (’85)
Senior Transportation Manager
McFarland Johnson

Broome County residents are fond of complaining about the trials of negotiating the Johnson City Traffic Circle. But how many realize that the Circle will soon be fixed, in part, thanks to the work of BCC Civil Engineering graduates working at McFarland Johnson, a Binghamton firm.

“We have been involved in so much of the local landscape,” said Jim McDuffee '85 senior transportation manager at McFarland. The firm designed the new Broome County airport terminal and runway extension, the I-88/ I-81 connector, the Washington Street Bridge restoration, the Harvey Justice Building, improvements to Clinton Street and Harry L Drive, and is now involved with the revamping of the Memorial Bridge in Binghamton , the new Binghamton Department of Public Works Building, and the “Kamikaze Curve” section of Route 17 as well as other improvements as Route 17 becomes Interstate 86.

"BCC alumni have played key roles on nearly every McFarland-Johnson project," Jim said. "They arrive at MJ well-trained to make valuable project contributions from day one. It's obvious that our BCC alumni take particular pride in projects that improve the local area."

Caption: The Johnson City Traffic Circle will soon be fixed, thanks in part to the work of BCC Civil Engineering graduate Jim McDuffee and other BCC graduates working at McFarland-Johnson, Inc.