By Rebecca Layne | The Winchester Starrn
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WINCHESTER – A local contracting company has earned national attention for its success.rnrnHoward Shockey & Sons Inc. of 1057 Martinsburg Pike (U.S. 11) is ranked as the 78th-largest designbuild contractor in the nation, according to Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) list of Top 100 Design-Build Firms.rnrnThe criteria for being ranked are based on combined contracting and design revenue. Engineering News-Record is a weekly magazine that provides construction- related news worldwide and annual lists of the largest construction and engineering fir ms.rnrnDesign-build is a construction project delivery system in which design and construction aspects are performed by a single entity. The system is used to reduce the delivery schedule by overlapping the design and construction phases of a project.rnrn”To be included in the Top 100 Design/ Builders in the United States is humbling