On August 8th, ENR MidAtlantic revealed the winning entries in the 2017 Best Projects Awards. This competition honors the top projects in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. is pleased to announce that it took top honors in not one but two categories: 2017 Landscape/Urban […]
This segment originally aired July 19, 2017, on VICE News Tonight on HBO. Meet the Semi-Automated Mason, or SAM, a robot that’s really good — and really fast — at building walls. Created by New York-based Construction Robotics, this bricklaying robot promises to both increase productivity while reducing overall labor costs. While the efficiency rate at construction […]
This article was initially published by the Winchester Star. WINCHESTER — Nearly all the brickwork on the outside of the new James R. Wilkins Jr. Athletics & Events Center at Shenandoah University is complete, but it wasn’t laid by a traditional mason. The majority of the brick was laid by a robot named SAM. […]
FRONT ROYAL, Va. — Today, the Warren County Public Schools Board held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new middle school. Designed by the architecture firm of Ballou Justice Upton Architects of Richmond, and built by general contractor Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. of Winchester, the $32.8 million new building is a two-story traditionally-styled building that offers core curriculum classrooms […]
The T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge is an adaptive reuse of the dam, providing a non-motorized, universally accessible route across the James River rapids, connecting south bank Manchester & the James River Park System with north bank downtown Richmond. The 1,700-foot span sits just 20 feet above the scenic falls of the James River and […]
WINCHESTER, Virginia, July 1, 2017 – Engineering News-Record (ENR) released its “Top 400” contractor rankings this summer and Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. has again been listed as one of the largest general contractors in the United States. With revenues of $175 million last year, Shockey was ranked #390 on the “ENR Top 400” list. Shockey […]
FRONT ROYAL – The new Warren County Middle School is nearing completion, with a ribbon cutting scheduled for 9:oo a.m. on July 31. The new middle school cost a total of $32,820,000, and is scheduled to open on August 15. Melody Sheppard, assistant superintendent of administration for Warren County Public Schools, said the building will […]
RICHMOND, Va. — The clean, modern lines of the T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge provide a striking contrast against the backdrop of the wild James River and natural environment. The bridge represents a creative adaptive reuse of a former hydro-power dam that once harnessed power for riverfront industry along the river. Today, the stainless steel and wire mesh material […]
