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The Vecellio Group’s VanGuard newsmagazine was a four-time winner in the 2002 Communicator Awards Print Media Competition. VanGuard was honored with a Crystal Award of Excellence in the Marketing/Promotional Campaign category. It also received two Awards of Distinction in the Corporate Magazine and Magazine Design/ Interior categories, and a fourth award for Magazine Design/Cover. This…

V&G crews assisted in cleaning up debris and making road repairs in the aftermath of flooding in Buchanan County, VA. The emergency work began in mid-June and ran through mid-September, affecting about six miles of roadway along Route 700 and Route 650. Crews built a poured-in-place concrete wall to hold the slope beside the roadway,…

SR-60 realignment and twin bridges that will take the roadway over the new SR-288 segment. Charter Colony Road Bridge on the southeast end of the project. Otterdale Road Bridge spans a railroad and ties Otterdale Road into SR-60 just west of SR-288. Photos: May and June, 2002  

Design-Build Project Adjoins Current SR-288 Job. (1st/2nd Quarter 2002) Vecellio & Grogan has been subcontracted by APAC to provide the earthmoving and pipe work on a new segment of SR-288 in Richmond, VA. The design-build project adjoins V&G’s current prime contract there, pushing the total value of V&G’s two Richmond jobs to well over $50…

When Vecellio & Grogan promises to “move the earth” for its customers, that’s exactly what they do. Among other projects, V&G is prosecuting two overburden removal jobs, one for a limestone quarry, the other for a coal-mining operation. The company also has performed a number of site development jobs in the second half of 2001.…

Thanks to an endowment by the Vecellio Family Foundation and V&G, Virginia Tech has established the Vecellio Construction Engineering and Management Program, a significant educational enhancement that includes the annual Vecellio Distinguished Lecture Series. Dr. Wayne Clough, President of Georgia Tech and former dean of VT’s College of Engineering, presented the inaugural lecture in October…

With a new Executive Vice President of Construction overseeing an additional focus on private site development and coal-related construction, Vecellio & Grogan is not just a company with deep roots. It’s also a company that continues to branch out. Founded as a road-building contractor in 1938, today’s V&G, under the leadership of CEO Leo A.…

Vecellio & Grogan had a great year in 2000, with a record volume of bids submitted by its estimating team, a record backlog of work going into 2001, and a record set for the highest single contract in company history, a new $47.6 million project in Richmond, VA. Scheduled to start clearing work in mid-January,…