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
Daniel J. Grygo
Hampton Roads Bonding
First Vice President
Edward Jost
Overhead Door Co. of Norfolk
Second Vice President
Jeff Cash
Warwick Mechanical Group
Third Vice President
Michael L. Sterling
Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC
Treasurer
Brian Strangways
Independent Lighting & Electrical
Secretary
Michael Kellam
Ware Co.
 
DIRECTORS

Justin Ballard

S. B. Ballard Construction Co.

Tom Gresham

E. T. Gresham Company, Inc.

 
Kim Kendzora
Tazewell Contracting
Morgan Wells
Conrad Brothers of Virginia, Inc.
PAST PRESIDENTS (Scroll down to see past Presidents, *Red Denotes Deceased)
William Crocker
2023
Elizabeth A. Twohy
1992
W. O. Sherman
1961
William Gresham, Jr.
2022
Robert H. McKenzie, Jr.
1991
W. R. Maul
1960
Sherri Miles
2021
Alvin D. Davidson
1990
C. E. Thurston, Jr.
1959
Michael W. Anderson
2020
Robert H. Wells
1989
R. Forrest Fowler
1958
Mary Thompson
2019
W. Collins Gooch
1988
R. C. Dorey, Sr.
1957
Harry L. Davis III
2018
D. Leroy Spencer, Jr.
1987
William A. Cox, Jr.
1956
William E. Franczek
2017
Roy E. Spears, Jr.
1986
George H. Burton, Jr.
1955
George G. Parker
2016
Harry L. Montgomery
1985
R. R. Richardson
1953-1954
Jeff W. Knowles
2015
Manning C. Merritt
1984
E. A. Haycox
1951-1952
R. Thomas Hitt, Jr.
2014
Richard D. Tuttle
1983
L. E. Dalton
1950
Ronald K. McIntosh
2013
William T. Armistead
1982
W.T. Gregory
1948-1949
Michael F. Meehan
2012
Jack G. Barr
1981
W. C. Whitehead
1946-1947
James K. Shea
2011
Harold C. Hoy
1980
J. C. Stephens
1944-1945
Robert H. Ashburner
2010
S. Norwood Richardson
1979
J. T. Nichols
1942-1943
Douglas L. Haislip
2009
James V. Powell, Jr.
1978
V. J. Mirabella
1940-1941
Don R. Johnson
2008
Richard W. Lynch
1977
H. C. Hofheimer II
1939
Doyle A. Palmer
2007
Charles T. Lambert
1976
E. L. Whitehurst
1937-1938
Kenneth F. Morris
2006
Robert E. Kersey
1975
W. A. Garlette
1935-1936
B. Christopher Moring III
2005
Walter P. Conrad, Jr.
1974
J. A. Hagan
1933-1934
Brian A. Geary
2004
Walter L. Tucker, Jr.
1973
J. J. Collins
1932
Mark J. Hourigan
2003
Frank J. Hooks
1972
Ira Cahoon
1930-1931
Robert M. Kirby, P.E.
2002
N. G. Wilson III
1971
J. J. Shanahan
1927-1929
Johnnie L. Spencer
2001
Donald D. Miller
1970
A. Lee Ribble
1924-1926
Alex J. Bradley III
2000
Everette K. Wilson
1969
E. B. Griffin
1921-1923
Allan T. Sivils
1999
William E. Chitty
1968
A. B. Consolvo
1918-1920
George H. Burton III
1998
Lee B. Duke
1967
M. A. Williams
1915-1917
William E. Chitty II
1997
Marvin W. Lucas
1966
E. L. Myers
1912-1914
E. G. Middleton III
1996
Stanley Waranch
1965
Perry W. Ruth
1910-1911
Richard C. Hudson, Jr.
1995
E. George Middleton, Jr.
1964
E. D. Hobbs
1908-1909
James L. Craig III
1994
Rhea L. Walker, Jr.
1963
 
 
R. Keith Hathaway
1993
J. Wesley Snow, Jr.
1962