Piedmont Virginia Companies, Inc.

The Chabad House Opens for Charlottesville Community!

admin — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:08:35 +0000

Newsplex covered the opening of one of R. E. Lee & Sons projects in the Charlottesville/UVa community area! Learn more here

PVC Pioneer November 2012

admin — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:05:00 +0000

You can read the November Edition here

The PVC Pioneer October Edition

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The PVC Pioneer – October 2012The October edition of The PVC Pioneer is now available.
Check out this years award winners!

Employment Application

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:59:11 +0000

We are always accepting applications. You may download our application here: PVC Employment Application

Please fill out the application in full, and then fax it to us at (434) 973-9784 or mail it to:

Piedmont Virginia Companies
2811 Hydraulic Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22901

You may also e-mail the application to lsmith@pvcinc.com

The PVC Pioneer September Edition

admin — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:48:11 +0000

The September 2012 Edition of the PVC Newsletter is now available here.

The PVC Pioneer July Edition

admin — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:57:01 +0000

You can read the July edition of the PVC Pioneer here!

The PVC Pioneer July 2012

The PVC Pioneer June Edition

admin — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:55:08 +0000

Check out the PVC Pioneer June 2012 edition!

The PVC Pioneer April Edition

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:07:34 +0000

The monthly newsletter for April has been published! To view it and read up on our projects and people, Click Here!

Previous editions can be viewed here.

HUGE Spring Clearance Sale at The Millwork Specialist

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:18:59 +0000

Something for everyone – find a treasure at our HUGE Spring Clearance Sale on April 21 from 8 am to 4 pm. The Millwork Specialist, located at 3001 E. Parham Road in Richmond, is cleaning up its 60,000 square foot facility to make room for new projects. You’ll find doors, windows, trim, cabinets, countertops, furniture, hardware woodworking tools and much more. Cash or major credit cards accepted. Go to www.facebook.com/themillworkspecialist for details and updates.

Volunteering in Haiti

admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:42:22 +0000

Story by Joe Simpson

During this past week Tom Hanger (PVC) and Joe Simpson (PDG) made a trip to Port Au Prince, Haiti for a week of construction volunteer work with the Building Goodness Foundation. Over the past year, PDG employee Joe Simpson has been working with the Building Goodness Foundation as a volunteer project manager for a project in Haiti called the Thomassin Volunteer Residence (TVR). This project started in November 2010 and is expected to be complete in November 2011. The Volunteer Residence was built to house volunteer groups and medical teams since it is built directly over a medical clinic in the mountain village of Thomassin, located approximately 20 miles south of Port Au Prince. The purpose of this trip was to put the finishing touches on the Volunteer Residence so Joe called in the expertise of Tom Hanger to travel down with him and help with installation of the doors and the finished carpentry.

Tom Hanger

Like other trips in the past, this group was composed of a small team of skilled construction workers from the Charlottesville/Albemarle area. They were in Haiti for exactly one week and worked for 6 of the 7 days that they were in country. During that week, they worked alongside Haitian laborers and carpenters, teaching tricks of the trade and showing safe construction practices. For lunch every day, an Aunt of one of the Haitian workers prepared an excellent spread of local foods: avocados, plantains, pumpkin, potatoes, rice and beans. Every meal was finished off with incredible local Haitian coffee. On the last day of the trip, the TVR construction team was priviledged to attend a dedication ceremony for one of the projects that had just recently been completed. They were joined by Rene Grisham, wife of local author John Grisham, to witness the ribbon cutting for Boutiller Church, a church that had collapsed during the earthquake and was rebuilt by BGF volunteers and funds from the Grishams.

The ceremony was a once in a life time experience for everyone involved. A winding road leads you up to the base of the church site which is approximately 4,000ft above sea level. A four wheel drive vehicle can only get to the base of the site but the only way to reach the church is by foot up a steep mountain stairway which is about 500ft straight up the mountain. A dozen or more Pastors from all over the country came to the event and there were approximately 400-500 people in attendance. This church was the glue of that community and had been standing for approximately 100 years until the earthquake knocked it down, so it was quite emotional to see the Haitian community finally have their church back. Tom and Joe along with other BGF volunteers took part in the service by learning and performing a song in Creole for the congregation.

The Haitian experience is hard to explain. There is extreme poverty set in a beautiful Caribbean setting. The average Haitian eats 5 meals a week and the city holds close to 3 million occupants but is designed to hold only 800,000. There is no public water or sewer system, a sparse electrical system, and no trash collection system. It felt like everywhere you look there was trash and crumbling buildings, however everywhere you look there was also a sense of resilience and that of a very honest and friendly community of people. As Tom Hanger put it, “It was an extremely humbling experience”.

Joe Simpson shares his musical talents at the end of the work day.