LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA – For only the second time in the county’s history, Loudoun County Public Schools will operate an intermediate school to get over an enrollment hump until a new high school can open. While the planned Dulles-area middle school still awaits a name, the Loudoun County School Board on Tuesday hired the company to […]
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA (January 31, 2017) – Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of its operations in the Winchester area last week. Distinguished guests, including Governor Terry McAuliffe, praised the credit union’s commitment to bringing 1,400 new jobs to the area. “An expansion of this magnitude is transformational for Frederick County,” […]
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA (January 23, 2017) –Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. is adding a third level to the existing two-story Arlington Trades Center parking garage near Shirlington – this will add 164 employee parking spaces to accommodate existing and future parking needs at the facility. The recently redeveloped Trades Center houses much of Arlington’s maintenance and vehicle fleet operations. […]
If you are considering building a new industrial facility, warehouse, or distribution center, you may want to consider pre engineered metal buildings (PEMB) as one of your options. As contractors with a core specialty in industrial projects, Shockey’s project managers can quickly work through your facility program to determine if a PEMB might be a […]
BERRYVILLE — The monks of Holy Cross Abbey have lived near Berryville for 66 years, and in almost every way, and in the ways that matter most, they live as monks have for centuries. They pray seven times a day, eat simple meals, work, meditate and take time for spiritual reading, study and personal prayer. […]
While thousands of revelers descended on nearby locales for Richmond’s Grand Illumination on Dec. 2, Mayor Dwight Jones presided in darkness over a group squeezed onto the 10-foot-wide decking of the T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge. They had come for the dedication of the $11.3 million, 1,600-foot-long pedestrian and cycling pathway. It sits atop a former […]
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA (December 9, 2016) — Shenandoah University is moving forward with the construction of a new, 81,000-square-foot indoor athletic facility for the university’s 21 athletics teams. The new building will help vault Shenandoah into the top tier of indoor athletic facilities in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. “This new athletics and events center will be […]
LEESBURG, VIRGINIA (December 7, 2016) – Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. has been awarded the contract to build a new four-level parking garage in Leesburg. The parking garage represents the first part of a planned courthouse complex expansion project for Loudoun County, which will ultimately include a new 92,000-square-foot General District Court building. Once construction of the […]
