RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond school leaders toured the recently completed River City Middle School located on Hull Street. The 183,000-square-foot building will offer students a 21st-century learning environment once they return. The building boasts project-based learning areas, reflection rooms, and computer labs. “This is absolutely amazing to see this learning environment for our students in […]
ALDIE, Va. — Loudoun County’s first day of an unprecedented, all-virtual school year during the COVID-19 pandemic will be bittersweet, as a brand-new high school in the Virginia county opens its doors with many of its classrooms empty. Lightridge High School formally opened as the Loudoun County public school system’s 19th high school, situated in […]
“Schools are an essential part of our community infrastructure, and despite the uncertainty about students returning to schools face-to-face this fall, it remains Shockey’s responsibility to get the kids in.” – Jeff Boehm, President, Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. As students and staff prepare to go back to school this fall, many of them will […]
Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prioritizing Health, Equity, and Communities provides guidance on the reopening and operation of elementary and secondary schools for the 2020-2021 school year. The report is available as a free pdf and recommends schools and districts take the following precautions to protect staff and students: Provide surgical masks for […]
The Robinson House, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, is a building with a storied past that got a new lease on life when it reopened in 2019 as a gallery and tourism center in Richmond, Virginia. The following article was written by architectural historian Gordon H. Bock for Traditional Building Magazine. What do […]
Front Royal, Va. — Valley Health officials expect the new $100 million Warren Memorial Hospital located off Leach Run Parkway to open in the summer of 2021. The 17,000-square-foot three-floor hospital will have 36 private patient rooms, 18 emergency beds, six observation beds, three operating rooms and one cardiac catheterization lab. The hospital’s two major focus […]
Winchester, Va. — Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. announces that it has been selected among the “Top 400 Contractors” in the USA in the June 2020 issue of Engineering News-Record (ENR), the industry’s leading publication. Rankings were compiled based on 2019 construction revenues. Ranked #344 on this year’s list, with 2019 revenues of $256 million, […]
Winchester, Va. — This month, General Contractors Magazine announced the “Best Doctor’s Office Contractors in the US” and named Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. as one of the best medical builders in the country. According to the article, the companies honored on the list were chosen based decades of experience in the healthcare construction industry, […]
