W.B. Hopke would like to thank general contractor Balfour Beatty for selecting W.B. Hopke Company for the Hazel & Azure project at National Landing located at 3030 Potomac Ave, Arlington VA. The residential project, still under construction, provides for 491 residential units and 6,800 square feet of retail space in the heart of Crystal City.
Construction continues in Tysons Corner at the home of Capital One’s headquarters located at 1820 Capital One Drive, McLean, VA. Known as the Capital One Block D project, W.B. Hopke was awarded the wet utilities project, which is now about is 45% complete. Overseen by general contractor Gilbane Building Company, Hopke was awarded the wet utilities work on July 19, 2024 which includes sanitary, storm, water and drainage.
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Foreman, Mike Lipps has been with W.B. Hopke for 17 years. He started in 2008 at the age of 23. He was encouraged by his high school friend, now Hopke Superintendent, Billy Green who suggested that he sign up with W.B. Hopke. Like many at Hopke, Mike started almost at the bottom. Billy Green trained him how to run equipment. Initially, Mike ran a loader and then an excavator. He also spent time laying pipe in the trenches.
W.B. Hopke recently completed the Arlington Regional Transit (ART) wet utilities project in Arlington. The project located at 2629-2633 Shirlington Road, Arlington, VA took more than 1.5 years to complete and included sanitary, storm, and water.
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W.B. Hopke would like to dedicate this article to Mr. Harold Bauer, our dedicated Accounting Manager, for his 8 years of distinguished service. We would like to thank him for all his help fulfilling our goals, especially as we move to new heights in 2025 and beyond.
In 2016, Washington Home & Community Hospices phased out its nursing home and rehabilitation programs and transferred their hospices services to Capital Caring Health in NW DC. This opened the door to renovation, construction and expansion of the property to become Sidwell Friends Upper School, home to children from grades 9-12.
When W.B. Hopke looks back at it’s top performers, there are numerous employees that come to mind and one such employee is Tommy Kennedy. We would like to dedicate this article to Tommy, thank him for his years of service and present Tommy’s insights as to what it takes to have a successful career at Hopke.
W.B. Hopke Co. was founded in 1956 and through the years has successfully delivered thousands of wet utility projects to clients throughout the Washington Metropolitan area. Frank Hopke takes us back to one of the more memorable projects, the I-495 HOT Lanes Construction Project that began in 2009.
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In 2010, W.B. Hopke worked on a very interesting project for the US Coast Guard Headquarters in Southeast DC in the historic neighborhood of Anacostia. Hopke worked with Clark Construction, the general contractor for this project. The size of this project site was very large and complicated. The work had to be completed quickly, so Hopke had a very aggressive schedule. There was also some historic preservation of the old St. Elizabeths Psychiatric Hospital included with this work.
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Central United Methodist Church (CUMC) has served the area with worship and community services for a century. Unity Homes at Ballston includes CUMC’s brand-new sanctuary space, an early childhood education for approximately 90 children, with a commercial grade community kitchen on the first two floors of the new building, as well as beautiful community amenities.