So far, this hurricane season has been disastrous. It has produced more damaging, land-falling storms than the past few years combined. Hurricane Harvey triggered mass flooding over Texas with a whopping 19 trillion gallons of rainfall, a disaster Governor Greg Abbott estimates will cost Texas up to $180 billion – more than Hurricane Katrina in …
Safety Helmets Replace Hard Hats on Job Sites
The design of hard hats in the construction industry hasn’t changed much in the past 40 years. They are basically a brimmed shell attached to a suspended, adjustable headband. But designs are changing, and helmets used in mountain climbing and other sports are now being adapted for construction workers. Helmets – not hard hats – …
Irma Targets Continental U.S.
Hurricane Irma is now a Category 5 hurricane, and tracking north of the Dominican Republic this morning. It will head for the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas before posing a serious threat the Florida and some parts of the Southeast this weekend. So far it is not mentioned how much of the storm we …
George Nice & Sons Hosts Job Fair
Join us on September 16th 2017 between 12 and 3 PM for our local employer job fair! With us you will find Labor Finders, Greystone of Virginia, and Core & Main, formerly known as HD Supply. Here’s a little background on our participating companies, along with a list of their current available positions. GEORGE NICE …
Chisel Run For Housing Partnerships
Housing Partnerships, Inc. is a locally-funded non-profit agency that provides vital housing repair services to low-income, elderly and disabled individuals and families throughout the Historic Triangle. We are pleased to support this organization for the past 30 years. Recently, we donated the site work for two new homes constructed on Chisel Run Road in Williamsburg …
Construction Becoming More Popular in Schools
Although students can select anything from accounting to zoology as their main focus in college, one discipline is becoming particularly popular as of late. Professions in the construction field had the largest enrollment increase at four-year schools between spring 2016 and spring 2017 –26.4 percent, to be exact. As defined by the National Center for …
Patrick Henry Place
In addition to the first 45 homes built in the new Huntington Pointe community in Denbigh, HHHunt Homes is preparing to build 63 townhouses at Patrick Henry Place on Freedom Way. Off of Jefferson Avenue across from Patrick Henry Mall in Newport News, Patrick Henry Place townhomes will start in the mid- to high $200,000s …
7th Annual PIPE Benefit Concert
Party for a purpose with good music, food, and community at this family-friendly event! Did you know that there are at least 100 homes across the James City and York counties without indoor plumbing? Help Housing Partnerships provide these families with much-needed plumbing by joining them at their annual PIPE benefit concert! Enjoy a night full …
Huntington Pointe
Work at Huntington Pointe – a 200-acre New Urbanism walkable community – is in full swing in Newport News. Huntington Pointe will eventually have about 2,550 homes; collectively a mixture of houses, town houses, condos and apartments in about 10 years. HHHunt plans to build smaller cottage-style homes and three-story townhomes in Huntington Pointe as well …
Give Local 757!
George Nice & Sons is excited to participate in the 4th Give Local 757 Day of Giving – the largest fundraising event in Hampton Roads – to benefit the region’s nonprofits. Building on the momentum generated over the past 3 years, in 2017 Give Local 757 aims to make an even BIGGER impact: this year, …
