About

Builders & Contractors Exchange

Est. 1908

The Builders & Contractors Exchange was founded in 1908 and led by our first president, Mr. E. D. Hobbs “to bring the various branches of the construction industry closer in touch with each other.”  Today our objective to “bring about cooperation and a general uplifting of the business” has not changed.

Our Vision

We believe that our service, and the benefits we provide to the construction industry, make the Builders & Contractors Exchange vital to the continued success of the construction industry in the greater Hampton Roads area.

To ensure this success, the staff and Board of Directors of the Exchange, make every effort to develop and implement effective services relevant to the changes of the construction industry.

We are dedicated to serve the members of the Exchange with diligence, innovation, and quality teamwork.

First
Promoting a spirit of cooperation and good will among its members and among those participating in or interested in the construction industry.
Second
Cooperating with other groups, associations, or professional societies existing or formed for like purposes.
Third
Advising its members of new developments in the industry through the publication of a bulletin, through the securing of plans and specifications of new and proposed work, and in any other way that will assist its members to keep in touch with new and additional work.

Officers & Directors

OFFICERS
President
Edward Jost
Overhead Door Co. of Norfolk
First Vice President
Jeff Cash
Warwick Mechanical Group
Second Vice President
Michael L. Sterling
Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC
Third Vice President
Brian Strangways
Independent Lighting & Electrical
Treasurer
Kim Kendzora
Tazewell Contracting
Secretary
Tom Gresham
E. T. Gresham Company, Inc.
 
DIRECTORS

Justin Ballard

MEB General Contractors, Inc.

Shane Boone

EURE Inc.

 
Jeff Paxton
Paxton Contractors Corp.
Morgan Wells
Conrad Brothers of Virginia, Inc.
PAST PRESIDENTS (Scroll down to see past Presidents, *Red Denotes Deceased)
Daniel J. Grygo2024R. Keith Hathaway1993J. Wesley Snow, Jr.1962
William Crocker2023Elizabeth A. Twohy1992W. O. Sherman1961
William Gresham, Jr.2022Robert H. McKenzie, Jr.1991W. R. Maul1960
Sherri Miles2021Alvin D. Davidson1990C. E. Thurston, Jr.1959
Michael W. Anderson2020Robert H. Wells1989R. Forrest Fowler1958
Mary Thompson2019W. Collins Gooch1988R. C. Dorey, Sr.1957
Harry L. Davis III2018D. Leroy Spencer, Jr.1987William A. Cox, Jr.1956
William E. Franczek2017Roy E. Spears, Jr.1986George H. Burton, Jr.1955
George G. Parker2016Harry L. Montgomery1985R. R. Richardson1953-1954
Jeff W. Knowles2015Manning C. Merritt1984E. A. Haycox1951-1952
R. Thomas Hitt, Jr.2014Richard D. Tuttle1983L. E. Dalton1950
Ronald K. McIntosh2013William T. Armistead1982W.T. Gregory1948-1949
Michael F. Meehan2012Jack G. Barr1981W. C. Whitehead1946-1947
James K. Shea2011Harold C. Hoy1980J. C. Stephens1944-1945
Robert H. Ashburner2010S. Norwood Richardson1979J. T. Nichols1942-1943
Douglas L. Haislip2009James V. Powell, Jr.1978V. J. Mirabella1940-1941
Don R. Johnson2008Richard W. Lynch1977H. C. Hofheimer II1939
Doyle A. Palmer2007Charles T. Lambert1976E. L. Whitehurst1937-1938
Kenneth F. Morris2006Robert E. Kersey1975W. A. Garlette1935-1936
B. Christopher Moring III2005Walter P. Conrad, Jr.1974J. A. Hagan1933-1934
Brian A. Geary2004Walter L. Tucker, Jr.1973J. J. Collins1932
Mark J. Hourigan2003Frank J. Hooks1972Ira Cahoon1930-1931
Robert M. Kirby, P.E.2002N. G. Wilson III1971J. J. Shanahan1927-1929
Johnnie L. Spencer2001Donald D. Miller1970A. Lee Ribble1924-1926
Alex J. Bradley III2000Everette K. Wilson1969E. B. Griffin1921-1923
Allan T. Sivils1999William E. Chitty1968A. B. Consolvo1918-1920
George H. Burton III1998Lee B. Duke1967M. A. Williams1915-1917
William E. Chitty II1997Marvin W. Lucas1966E. L. Myers1912-1914
E. G. Middleton III1996Stanley Waranch1965Perry W. Ruth1910-1911
Richard C. Hudson, Jr.1995E. George Middleton, Jr.1964E. D. Hobbs1908-1909
James L. Craig III1994Rhea L. Walker, Jr.1963