It’s shaping up to be another banner year for the industrial market sector. Explosive market demand for logistics brought on by the continued rise of e-commerce sales is fueling the frenzy. “Just when the industrial market seemed it could not get any stronger, the new year has seen demand for space far outpace the supply […]
WINCHESTER, Va. — The 24th Annual Women in Construction Week officially kicks off today. The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) founded Women in Construction Week in 1998 to further its mission of strengthening and amplifying the success of women in an underrepresented industry. Each year, Women in Construction Week takes place during the first […]
Economic conditions across all sectors have been in a state of volatility since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. It’s no surprise that many businesses and organizations are adopting a “wait and see” approach before investing in modernized or new facilities. Virginia Business explored the construction industry’s outlook last month in the feature Slowdowns Ahead. “COVID-related disruptions […]
This case study documents Shockey’s recent collaboration with UK-based Pointfuse on the Shihadeh Innovation Center in Winchester, Virginia. The partnership delivered an efficient, precise, and flexible way of converting vast, laser scanner-generated point cloud datasets into segmented mesh models that were quickly used and shared across the entire project team. With these models, team members […]
Speed, efficiency, and value in construction are driving bottom-line results for manufacturers. With a design-build delivery system, our project team is well-positioned to control costs through the design and construction phases of the work, resulting in significant cost savings and faster speed-to-market for the owner. “Design-build partnerships get the job done better and faster, with […]
According to the Chief Economist with Associated Builders and Contractors*, it will likely take years for the nation’s economy to recover from the pandemic’s blow. “Many state and local governments are now experiencing the emergence of massive gaps in their budgets, budgets that must be balanced each fiscal year,” said Anirban Basu, Chief Economist with […]
Baby Boomers are redefining what it means to age. While most Boomers are still below the average age of residents in senior living communities, they are already imagining what they want life to look like as they move up and into their silver years. The bottom line is that Boomers want to live well — […]
Virginia and West Virginia share a proud history of manufacturing. With Interstates 81, 64, and 95 crisscrossing our region, a pro-business attitude, and a well developed workforce, it’s no coincidence that many of the world’s largest manufacturing facilities and distribution centers are looking at Virginia and/or West Virginia for their next manufacturing, industrial, or logistics […]
