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 […]
When the going gets tough, the tough expand and diversify. Such is the case with the Free Lance-Star Publishing Co., owner of the Free-Lance Star, a daily newspaper based in Fredericksburg. At a time when many other publications are facing declining revenue, the privately owned company recently launched a division called Print Innovators, which will […]
RICHMOND, VA – Hundreds of people gathered on Wednesday evening, April 21, as the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate (GRACRE) announced the area’s brightest real estate stars at Real Estate Stars 2010, The Ninth Annual Real Estate Awards Gala. The signature event, which was held at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, has become the […]
Spring Arbor of Winchester is an 80-unit, $10 million assisted living complex under construction on Northwestern Pike, just west of Winchester in Frederick County. The 73,000-square-foot facility is being built on a nine-acre site purchased for $3.78 million by Blacksburg-based real estate development company HHHunt. Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. is the general contractor.rnrnSpring Arbor […]
The latest installment of Mid-Atlantic Construction’s annual Top Contractors ranking highlights 75 firms that collectively reported more than $18 billion in regional revenue. Even among top contractors, many with big backlogs, the effects of the recession began to take hold in 2009. rnrnrnTop contractors are listed by state. Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. ranks as […]
