Winchester, VA — Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc., a Virginia business now in its fourth generation of family ownership, is pleased to enter its 125th year of providing construction and real estate solutions to clients across Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Since it was founded as a one-man shop in 1896 by master carpenter Howard […]
WINCHESTER, Va. – Howard Shockey & Sons, Inc. is pleased to announce that the company has earned the distinction of being named one of the top general contractors in Virginia. The March issue of Virginia Business, The Big Book, is a statewide report that ranks the state’s largest public and private companies. The annual issue is […]
Petersburg, WV – Nearly 84,000 West Virginians live in the five-county Potomac Highlands region. Patients battling cancer in this region are often burdened with a 90-minute drive down two-lane roads, across rivers, and over mountains to access life-saving chemotherapy services. For some patients, the burden becomes too much and the journey too difficult. They halt […]
WOODSTOCK, Va. — Shenandoah Memorial Hospital is preparing to start work on Phase Two of a multi-year master facility plan that is aimed at upgrading the 69-year-old hospital in Woodstock. The second phase of the plan is set to cost around $3.5 million, and the work is being done by Howard Shockey & Sons, of […]
In today’s rapidly evolving marketplace, some industries may be poised to benefit. There is dynamic demand, for example, in some sectors of the manufacturing industry as reported earlier today by Reuters. “U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated more than expected in October, with new orders jumping to their highest level in nearly 17 years amid a shift […]
Source: Read the original story by Anna Merod for The Winchester Star. Photo: Winchester Public Schools WINCHESTER, Va. – It was noted more than once during a groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation and expansion of the historic Douglas School on North Kent Street that the project is long overdue. “As others mentioned, this day has […]
Economic conditions across all sectors have been in a state of volatility since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. It’s no surprise that many businesses and organizations are adopting a “wait and see” approach before investing in modernized or new facilities. Virginia Business explored the construction industry’s outlook last month in the feature Slowdowns Ahead. “COVID-related disruptions […]
When the COVID-19 outbreak began in March, projects at Howard Shockey & Sons, a Winchester-based commercial construction company, kept moving forward. After all, construction is considered an essential business, and unlike some other states, Virginia did not restrict construction activity at the start of the pandemic. While Shockey’s work continued, albeit with some hiccups due to the […]
