Construction Partners has acquired S.E. Cline Construction, a Palm Coast, Florida-based commercial site development and underground utility contractor, expanding the company’s operations along Florida’s Interstate 95 corridor. Cline Construction will become part of Construction Partners’ Florida platform company, C.W. Roberts Contracting.
Cline Construction provides site development and underground utility construction services for public and private projects across northeast and central Florida. The acquired business has approximately 60 employees and a rail-served, permitted hot-mix asphalt plant site in nearby Bunnell, Florida, creating an additional opportunity for Construction Partners to add production capacity in the region over time.
The transaction builds on Construction Partners’ acquisition of P&S Paving in Daytona Beach in 2025 and further increases C.W. Roberts Contracting’s density across a rapidly growing portion of Florida’s east coast. The company expects Cline Construction’s underground utility and site development capabilities to complement its existing asphalt paving and construction operations around the greater Daytona Beach market.
Construction Partners operates a vertically integrated civil infrastructure platform serving local markets across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The company supports those operations with hot-mix asphalt plants, aggregate facilities, and liquid asphalt terminals, while serving state and local road agencies and private-sector customers.
The Cline acquisition adds another adjacent service capability to that model and creates potential for future vertical integration through the Bunnell asphalt site. Construction Partners said the combination should improve its ability to pursue a wider range of infrastructure work and support continued organic expansion in Florida.
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“We are pleased to welcome Scott Sowers and the Cline Construction team to the CPI family of companies. This transaction builds upon our acquisition of P&S Paving, Inc. in Daytona Beach last year and further strengthens CWR’s presence along Florida’s Interstate 95 corridor, a rapidly growing portion of the state. Cline Construction’s site development and underground utility construction capabilities strongly complement CWR’s existing asphalt paving and construction operations in the greater Daytona Beach market, enhancing our ability to serve public and private infrastructure customers throughout the region. In addition, the rail-served, permitted asphalt plant site in Bunnell provides an attractive opportunity for future vertical integration and organic growth as we continue to expand our operations along Florida’s east coast.”
Fred J. (Jule) Smith III, President And Chief Executive Officer Of Construction Partners
