A massive road construction project in the mountains of Patrick County continues toward a completion date estimated to be during the summer of 2026. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) said last week that the current work includes clearing and grading...
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Groundbreaking ceremony for Highway 17 widening project
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (WITN) - Area leaders and State Department of Transportation officials broke ground Thursday for a project to widen U.S. 17 in Martin and Beaufort Counties. State officials say the project will widen 10.6 miles of the highway north of Highway 171...
Branch Civil Launches Apprenticeship Program
Branch Civil has launched its first Virginia Department of Labor and Industry registered apprenticeship program. The Roanoke-based Heavy Equipment Technician Apprenticeship provides apprentices with the on-the-job and classroom training hours required to earn their...
Branch Group Names New Executive Vice President
Brian J. Quinlan has been appointed to serve as executive vice president of Branch Civil, a leader in site and highway construction and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Branch Group. In this new role, Quinlan will be responsible for Branch Civil’s overall financial...
Roads & Bridges Magazine Names Maysville Bypass Top 10 Road
We’re proud to share that the Maysville Bypass in Jones County, North Carolina, has been named one of Roads & Bridges magazine's Top 10 Roads. Our team faced many challenges as the joint-venture partner on this project, including major flooding from Hurricane...
Cost Engineer Joins Branch Civil
Please join us in welcoming Lee Price to the Branch Civil team. He’ll be working as a Cost Engineer from our Virginia Beach office. In this role, he’ll collaborate with our newly formed Project Controls group and will assist our project teams with budgets,...
Infrastructure Award for Joint Venture Project
We’re pleased to announce that the I-64 widening project in Henrico and New Kent counties (exits 200-205) recently received the HCCA Excellence in Infrastructure Award for projects valued at more than $15 million. This joint-venture project with Corman Kokosing...
Using Technology to Build a Better Future
Five years ago, Branch Civil’s version of fleet management was still manual entry. They had spreadsheets to locate spreadsheets were, and information traveled from person to person before it was ever entered into a computer. But at that same time, Equipment Operations...
Welcoming a New Project Engineer
Please join us in welcoming Project Engineer Nathan Collins to the Branch Civil family. He interned with us for two summers and recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Nathan’s passion for construction and the heavy civil...
Coleman Welcomed to Branch Civil
We are pleased to welcome Project Engineer Trevor Coleman to the Branch Civil family. A former intern, Trevor will now be working with us full time in the Northern Virginia area. In addition to his recent graduation from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in civil...