WINCHESTER — After a few down years, the local construction market is on the rebound. Building permits and construction activity are up, and at least one construction company is expanding. Clarke County has seen a rise in new residential and commercial construction permits, from 17 in 2011 to 27 through November of this year, according […]
Doug Hilemn, a 28-year veteran of the construction industry in Richmond, has joined Winchester-based Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. as Project Director. Hilemn will spearhead the firm’s business development and provide executive-level project oversight in the central Virginia region. “We think that the construction market in Virginia is beginning to stabilize and to show signs […]
BERRYVILLE, Va. — Dozens of Georgetown University representatives met at the Battletown Inn on West Main Street Wednesday night to hear an update on the Calcagnini Contemplative Center, currently under construction on the Blue Ridge Mountain in Clarke County. Arthur Calcagnini, a 1954 graduate of Georgetown, and his wife, Nancy Calcagnini, donated $17 million to […]
Winchester, Va. — With their potential moving day only about a year away, Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum officials met with City Council members to inform them about their operations and preliminary plans for their new building. rnrnBuilder Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. and architect Reader & Swartz are leading the rehabilitation effort.rnrnThe museum is moving […]
FRONT ROYAL – With clearing and grading work wrapping up at the site of the RSW Regional Jail on U.S. 340/522, 70-square-foot cells are being delivered in blocks of 24 for construction of the 270,000-square-foot jail slated to open in 2014. Some of the cell blocks are 40-some thousand pounds a piece.rnrnThe precast cell modules […]
Fall color frames the ongoing construction of The Village at Orchard Ridge in Winchester, Va. The continuing care retirement community (CCRC) is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in February 2013. The new retirement community centers around a traditional village green on a 132-acre campus. Phase One offers 178 maintenance-free independent living cottage […]
Business Trends: Commercial Real Estate rnrnThe Construction Confidence Index released by the Associated Builders and Contractors in August revealed that the first quarter of this year showed promise, thanks to nationwide progress in commercial construction sales prospects, staffing levels and profits. By the second quarter, however, all three of those measurements declined, dashing hopes for […]
Winchester, Va. — Employees of a Frederick County distributor of lawn and garden watering products couldn’t help but smile Friday. After years of getting by in less desirable and leased locations, Melnor Inc. employees were pleased to show off their new headquarters and distribution center at 109 Tyson Drive in the Stonewall Industrial Park — […]
