W.B. HOPKE CO. BLOG
Hopke Continues Wet Utilities for Inova Springfield Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia
In late September 2024, the Inova Health System broke ground on two new hospitals in Alexandria and Falls Church, respectively. Each hospital is considered an acute care hospital and will replace Inova Alexandria Hospital to become Inova Franconia-Springfield, joining Inova HealthPlex as the systems first hospital in Springfield, Virginia. Inova Franconia-Springfield will be state-of-the-art offering patients in Northern Virginia and the region world-class medical treatment.
W.B. Hopke Superintendent, Billy Green Presented Safety Award by Turner Construction at IAD-450 Cosner Tech Project
W.B. Hopke would like to dedicate this article to Mr. Harold Bauer, our dedicated accountant 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.
W.B. Hopke Co. Awarded Wet Utilities at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Headquarters in DC
In November 2024, W.B. Hopke was awarded the wet utilities project for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Headquarters (CISA), a 630,000 square foot building located at St. Elizabeths West Campus and Martin Luther King Jr Avenue in Southeast DC. The project will consolidate the CISA workforce with the Department of Homeland Security workforce at one location.
Hopke Completes Wet Utilities Project – Hazel & Azure at National Landing in Arlington, VA
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.
W.B. Hopke Capital One Block D Wet Utilities Project Continues in Tysons Corner, VA
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.
Mike Lipps
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.
Hopke Completes Wet Utilities Work for Arlington Regional Transit (ART) in Arlington, VA
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.
Harold Bauer
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.
W.B. Hopke Awarded New Wet Utilities Project at Sidwell Friends Upper School in Washington DC
The Crystal House project is largely financed by Amazon who contributed $381.9 million to the Washington Housing Conservancy, a DC area non-profit and financing partner for the purchase of the 16-acre site in 2020. The effort will help stabilize rising rents at the luxury apartment building, a move that will create and preserve 1,300 affordable housing units at Crystal House.