By Alex BridgesrnrnThe city’s neediest people once stood in line waiting for food stamps and other help at the Winchester Department of Social Services. No longer, said the agency’s director, Carla Taylor. Clients will receive services in a new facility that the department shares with the Child Advocacy Center and the Winchester-Frederick County Health Department […]
ENR’s Top 100 Design-Build Firms list, published annually by McGraw Hill, ranks the 100 largest U.S. design-build firms, both publicly and privately held, based on revenue derived from projects delivered using the design-build project delivery system. rnrnHoward Shockey & Sons, Inc. is currently ranked #78 among the nation’s largest design-build contractors, and is the second […]
By Tricia Lynn StraderrnrnThe new War Memorial Hospital will be state-of-the-art and eco-friendly, officials said at its groundbreaking ceremony Friday. It will be a more pleasant environment for patients, officials said, and the two-story building will be within easy steps of the level parking lot. There will be more handicapped parking, and added bicycle parking. […]
By Shawna Morrison, The Roanoke TimesrnrnWhen Lt. Roscoe Musselwhite began teaching Roanoke Police Academy classes in 1969, all he had was a room in the old WDBJ building on Kirk Avenue in downtown Roanoke. A federal grant allowed him to buy tables, chairs and one TV.rnrn”We had a good police academy
Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. announces that it has again been included on the Top 400 Contractors list by Engineering News-Record (ENR), the leading U.S. trade publication for the engineering and construction industry.rnrnRanked #284 on this year’s list, Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. is a 114-year old general contracting and construction management firm based in […]
When Sharon Shaffer, an administrative assistant, has flu symptoms or a nagging cold, free medical care is a short walk down the hall in the office building of The Shockey Cos. She said employees like having the new wellness center in the company headquarters.rnrnNow they can obtain the same type of routine checkups and care […]
Dozens of school children, parents and teachers in Montgomery County celebrated the ground breaking of a new school on Friday, April 30th. The future site of the Prices Fork Elementary School is located on the south end of Prices Fork Road, near the current school. rnrnThe new school is expected to be open for students […]
The Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) is the oldest mass transportation system in the U.S., currently celebrating its 150th anniversary. For more than 100 years, GRTC maintained its operations out of its old Cary Street facilities. Moving into the 21st century, it became evident that these old facilities on Cary Street could no longer support […]
