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
William Crocker
Hoy Construction, Inc.
First Vice President
Daniel J. Grygo
Hampton Roads Bonding
Second Vice President
Ed Jost
Overhead Door Co. of Norfolk
Third Vice President
Jeff Cash
Warwick Mechanical Group
Treasurer
Michael L. Sterling
Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC
Secretary
Brian Strangways
Independent Lighting & Electrical
DIRECTORS
Justin Ballard
S. B. Ballard Construction Co.
Jan Hall
Core 22 Design Build, LLC
Mike Kellam
Ware Co.
Morgan Wells
Conrad Brothers of Virginia, Inc.
 
PAST PRESIDENTS (Scroll down to see past Presidents, *Red Denotes Deceased)
William Gresham, Jr.
2022
Elizabeth A. Twohy
1992
J. Wesley Snow, Jr.
1962
Sherri Miles
2021
Robert H. McKenzie, Jr.
1991
W. O. Sherman
1961
Michael W. Anderson
2020
Alvin D. Davidson
1990
W. R. Maul
1960
Mary Thompson
2019
Robert H. Wells
1989
C. E. Thurston, Jr.
1959
Harry L. Davis III
2018
W. Collins Gooch
1988
R. Forrest Fowler
1958
William E. Franczek
2017
D. Leroy Spencer, Jr.
1987
R. C. Dorey, Sr.
1957
George G. Parker
2016
Roy E. Spears, Jr.
1986
William A. Cox, Jr.
1956
Jeff W. Knowles
2015
Harry L. Montgomery
1985
George H. Burton, Jr.
1955
R. Thomas Hitt, Jr.
2014
Manning C. Merritt
1984
R. R. Richardson
1953-1954
Ronald K. McIntosh
2013
Richard D. Tuttle
1983
E. A. Haycox
1951-1952
Michael F. Meehan
2012
William T. Armistead
1982
L. E. Dalton
1950
James K. Shea
2011
Jack G. Barr
1981
W.T. Gregory
1948-1949
Robert H. Ashburner
2010
Harold C. Hoy
1980
W. C. Whitehead
1946-1947
Douglas L. Haislip
2009
S. Norwood Richardson
1979
J. C. Stephens
1944-1945
Don R. Johnson
2008
James V. Powell, Jr.
1978
J. T. Nichols
1942-1943
Doyle A. Palmer
2007
Richard W. Lynch
1977
V. J. Mirabella
1940-1941
Kenneth F. Morris
2006
Charles T. Lambert
1976
H. C. Hofheimer II
1939
B. Christopher Moring III
2005
Robert E. Kersey
1975
E. L. Whitehurst
1937-1938
Brian A. Geary
2004
Walter P. Conrad, Jr.
1974
W. A. Garlette
1935-1936
Mark J. Hourigan
2003
Walter L. Tucker, Jr.
1973
J. A. Hagan
1933-1934
Robert M. Kirby, P.E.
2002
Frank J. Hooks
1972
J. J. Collins
1932
Johnnie L. Spencer
2001
N. G. Wilson III
1971
Ira Cahoon
1930-1931
Alex J. Bradley III
2000
Donald D. Miller
1970
J. J. Shanahan
1927-1929
Allan T. Sivils
1999
Everette K. Wilson
1969
A. Lee Ribble
1924-1926
George H. Burton III
1998
William E. Chitty
1968
E. B. Griffin
1921-1923
William E. Chitty II
1997
Lee B. Duke
1967
A. B. Consolvo
1918-1920
E. G. Middleton III
1996
Marvin W. Lucas
1966
M. A. Williams
1915-1917
Richard C. Hudson, Jr.
1995
Stanley Waranch
1965
E. L. Myers
1912-1914
James L. Craig III
1994
E. George Middleton, Jr.
1964
Perry W. Ruth
1910-1911
R. Keith Hathaway
1993
Rhea L. Walker, Jr.
1963
E. D. Hobbs
1908-1909