For over 58 years, the Branch Group has provided superior service and solutions, working to enhance the communities we serve.
Our business units independently operate but often collaborate to meet the growing demands of the construction industry and offer innovative solutions to our customers. Our experience in vertical construction, design-build, site work, general contracting, heavy highways, construction management, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems puts us above the competition by offering a unique value our competitors can’t match. Our knowledge and expertise are unparalleled in our markets.
Our core values of Ownership, Exceptionalism, and Relationships aren’t just words. As an employee-owned company, we actually live them because every single one of us has a stake in the company. We live, play, and work in the communities we build.
When working with Branch business units, you’re getting an experience not found with other contractors. We believe what matters to us are the same things that matter to you. Together, we are building legacies for a thriving future.
Branch Civil roots itself in a longstanding tradition of serving the transportation and infrastructural needs between and within communities throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast United States. The company’s history of planting, cultivating, and growing transparent, professional relationships with its clients has established Branch Civil as one of the most respected name within the civil construction industry of our regions.
Branch Civil offers Civil Construction, Site Development, and Design-Build.
Branch Builds provides professional construction services on a diverse array of projects to a broad range of private and public sector owners. Driven by a core value of establishing mutually beneficial relationships with clients and industry partners, Branch operates on principles of shared respect and transparency. After decades of steady growth, Branch is one of Virginia’s largest, most diversified and distinguished construction firms.
Branch Builds offers Construction Management, Design-Build, and General Contracting.
Hopkins | Lacy attends to the interior aspects of its multifaceted projects by way of mechanical and electrical services. Full in-house design-build services, the latest BIM technology, and its own fabrication shop enable Hopkins | Lacy to fine-tune and execute the details involved in the wireworks of a project.
Systems installed and serviced include Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Building Automations, Data Communications, Fire Alarms, Industrial & Process Piping, and Special Projects.
We want to take a moment to recognize all the hard-working, skilled men and women on National Tradesmen Day. Thank you to all of our employee owners, trade partners, and clients, who have been dedicated to learning a skill to make sure our business and industry can keep innovating and moving forward!
The CEO of the Branch Group, Donald. D. Graul, was once again named as one of the Virginia 500: 2022 Power List by Virginia Business magazine. Under Don’s leadership, we have strengthened our employee-owned company by investing in a new headquarters and a new fabrication facility in Roanoke, Virginia. Additionally, we have built a new equipment facilities shop in Suffolk, expanded offices in Richmond and Chesapeake, and plan to continue that expansion in Northern Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina, through the end of the year into 2023. Through a commitment to exceptional project delivery, dedication to creating strong teams, and building a more collaborative and inclusive culture between business units, Donald was able to steer the company to the largest share growth in the history of the company in 2022.
In honor of National Intern day, we want to take a moment to thank all our hard-working interns. Over the summer, they gain valuable hands-on experience by rotating into different career roles.
Being able to teach and watch the next generation follow their passion is something that we take pride in. Thank you to our interns for all that you have done this summer.
Our teams utilize technology like the Trimble X7. The 3D scanner sends vision-safe lasers to measure the building or jobsite. It then converts those measurements into a 3D model known as a Point Cloud which provides the design and construction team with a real-time as-built model of the site. Doing real-time scanning helps the team identify potential problems, verify existing conditions, and provide accurate plans and drawings to the owner after construction.
Quality Owners = Quality Work.
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Being employee-owned is what differentiates us from our competition. Having a stake in the company means we all work together to build the best projects possible. Building your legacy helps us build ours.
Our Team Centered Planning (TCP) has been thoughtfully developed to maximize the value we add to our client's projects by ensuring enhanced project team communications, detailed scheduling, and work efficiencies while simultaneously eliminating wasteful practices that are all too often found within the industry.
Summer days and bridge replacements. Our @branchcivil team has been working hard on our US17/NC37 Bridge Replacement in Herford, NC.
Happy Independence Day! We hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday.
It's easier to smile and have fun when you are a part of the best industry in the world. #BuildingLegacies
Our Branch Civil team has been picking up progress on our Route 58 project near Lovers Leap, VA. This project for VDOT will require over 10,000,000 CY of excavation. #BuildingLegacies
There's a reason we're considered one of the best earth movers in the Mid-Atlantic. Here's just a small part of our award-winning fleet. #BuildingLegacies
Last month our mechanical, electrical, and plumbing division, @gjhopkinslacy had a completely incident-free month across all of their jobs sites. Thank you to our employee owners for keeping safety a top priority! #buildinglegacies
Our @branchcivil team works hard to make sure that you have a safer and more efficient highway to travel on! #BuildingLegacies
Fun fact: this school was named after the North Star because its programs will help students navigate through their academic careers and give them a beacon of hope! #BuildingLegacies
Project: The North Star School
Architect: Stantec
This week is National Safety Week in the construction industry! We wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of our hardworking employee owners who make safety a TOP priority.
While operating safe daily is our priority, it is also essential to be safe outside the work zone. More accidents happen during the summer than at any other time of year. Remember, there's always time for safety! #BuildingLegacies
Construction isn't always the easiest job, that's why we focus on finding people who love what they do. The day-to-day can seem boring and unfulfilling when you work a job you don't like. #BuildingLegacies
This quality piping from our @gjhopkinslacy team will be part of the project not many people see but will keep the high school functioning! #BuildingLegacies
Busy is good, right? Our @branchcivil team has been picking up speed on the NC 540 job, progress is moving along. #BuildingLegacies
One part of our work we are especially proud of is our educational projects. Being able to build something that will impact and educate future generations is one of the reasons we love these projects so much! #BuildingLegacies
Project: Virginia Western Community College, 2019
Architect: SFCS
It's always a good feeling when you finish up a project! This central energy plant went from an empty room to being full of chillers and pipes. #BuildingLegacies
RECENT NEWS
Branch Group Officially Opens New Headquarters
August 2, 2022 (Roanoke, VA) --- The Branch Group recently relocated its main headquarters to 3635 Peters Creek Road, expanding its presence in the Roanoke Valley. The company celebrated this important event with a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 2, 2022. “We are...
Kenna Smith awarded one of Roanoke’s top 40 under 40
The Branch Group celebrates employee-owner Kenna Smith, Sr. Talent Acquisition Business Partner, for being awarded one of Roanoke’s top 40 Under 40! This annual honor is awarded to innovative, driven individuals who impact the Roanoke region through their significant...
HARVEY PARKWAY NAMED ONE OF ROADS & BRIDGES 2021’s TOP ROADS
Branch Civil is proud to announce the award of Roads & Bridges 2021 Top 10 Roads for the Harvey Parkway extension in Kinston, North Carolina. This nationally recognized honor picks ten roads a year based on project challenges, the impact to the region, and the scope...