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Third Quarter 2014
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Ark Church Celebrates Groundbreaking
A. R. Chesson Construction joined members of
the Ark Church community in Nags Head,
NC, for the groundbreaking of their new
facility on August 1, 2014. The new family life
center and outdoor sports complex will
include a kitchen, full basketball court, batting
cages, volleyball and skating.
Ark Church is a missions-minded church and
from the inception of the church in 1978 to
present, the Ark International Church supports
over 40 missionaries monthly and has donated
over $1 million dollars to various world missions. Adam Hughes is the project manager and Bob Vance is the
superintendent.
High Flying Bridge House
A crew from A. R. Construction witnessed a major milestone this summer taking place during the
construction of the bridge tender’s house on the new eastbound Camden Causeway drawbridge over the
Pasquotank River in Elizabeth City, NC. Several employees were onsite coordinating placement of the roof
structure as it was lifted into place. Plans call for opening the new drawbridge and starting renovation work
on the westbound drawbridge by June 2015. The current bridge tender’s house will be removed from the
westbound drawbridge during the current renovation work. Daniel Plyler is the project manager.
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New Dixie Oil Corporation
New Dixie Oil Corporation began serving Eastern North Carolina in 1962
with oil, gas, LP gas, lubricants and other petroleum products. New Dixie
Oil also operates convenience stores
throughout NC and VA.
The management of New Dixie has
committed a significant investment to
upgrade several existing convenience
stores in the Roanoke Rapids area.
A. R. Chesson Construction Company
was hired to provide New Dixie
design, retrofit, and renovation to three
locations in Halifax County.
Construction work on Village 231
located on Highway 48, started in June 2014 and was completed in August
2014. Renovation began at BP 209 Convenience Store and Carwash, located at the
I-95 and Highway 158 intersection in September 2014 and will be completed in
October 2014. At the same intersection, improvements to their Dairy Queen
franchise will begin in October 2014 and will be completed in November.
Clint Hardison is serving as the Superintendent for these upfit ventures.
American Pride
A. R. Chesson Construction would like to congratulate Jorge Villegas,
owner of sub-contractor J Villegas Painting Inc., for obtaining U.S.
citizenship. Jorge came to the USA in 1994 as a teen with his parents
from Mexico.
He started his fifteen year arduous process towards
citizenship in 1999.
As a valued sub-contractor, our company
appreciates his hard work and wishes him well on his endeavors as a
new American citizen.
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Nags Head ABC Now
Open For Business
Dare County’s newest ABC store opened in time for the
2014 Labor Day holiday.
Prominently located on the
busy 158 Highway, this facility also serves as the main
distribution for the Dare County ABC Board. Kent
Manning was the Superintendent and Doug Chesson was the Project Manager.
Camden Board of
Elections and Museum
Completed
The new site for Camden County Board of Elections has been completed. The location is in a renovated building
adjacent to the Camden County Courthouse built in 1847 and the Camden County Old Jail which was built in 1910 and
restored in 1986. The museum will showcase exhibits regarding Camden County’s rich history from the 1600’s to the
present and is scheduled to open in the spring of 2015. The project manager was Adam Hughes and the Superintendent
was Brian Clark.
USDOL – OSH Outreach Trainer
Andy Holliman, Corporate Safety Coordinator, has successfully completed OSHA 510 and
OSHA 500 and is now an authorized USDOL–OSH Outreach Trainer for Construction. This
certification authorizes him to facilitate OSHA 10 and 30 hour classes as well as other
construction safety and health related OSHA classes. The OSHA 510 class focuses on the
major subparts of 29 CFR 1926, the standard Safety and Health Regulations for Construction.
Congratulations to Andy for his achievement and for always promoting “Safety First.”
PEMB at Ocean
Commerce Park in
Kill Devil Hills
A new facility for Outer Banks Heating and Cooling is
currently under construction to establish their presence on the
Outer Banks. Our Pre-Engineered Metal Building Division
completed the structural component of the facility as well as siding and standing seam metal roof.
The interior framing, mechanical, electrical and other interior finishes are being completed under the direction of Kent
Manning, Superintendent, and Doug Chesson, Project Manager.
In addition to A. R. Chesson Construction projects, our PEMB division serves other general contractors to furnish and
erect their pre-engineered metal buildings. Kirk Nixon serves as our Pre-Engineered Operations Vice President.
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New Employees
Carrie Baker has joined the staff of our Elizabeth City office as an Assistant Project
Manager. Carrie has over 15 years of experience in management serving in various
administrator positions. She currently assists four Project Mangers and oversees
more than 30 current jobs. Carrie and her husband Dan have two daughters and live
in Belvidere, NC.
Dennis Bousman has joined our team of field superintendents. Dennis has over 30
years of experience as a commercial construction superintendent. He has
constructed many commercial buildings, restaurants, private and municipal
projects. Dennis takes pride in delivering projects under budget and ahead of
schedule. Dennis is currently working on the
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Stanley Dixon is a new superintendent
currently working out of our Williamston
office.
Stanley graduated from Beaufort
County Community College in 2001. He has
experience with residential and commercial
construction and is a Certified Welder.
Stanley is currently working on the Martin
County Shell Building, Syfan Extrusion
addition, and the Hyde County Social
Services project. He and his wife Meredith
have two boys and reside in Washington, NC.
Bob Vance has also joined our team of field
superintendents.
Bob grew up in West
Virginia and has a background in coal
mining. He has been in the construction field
since moving to North Carolina in 1988. Bob
has been a site superintendent for over 10
years with extensive experience in building
retail projects of all sizes. Bob is currently
working on the Ark Church project in Nags
Head, NC. Bob has two adult children and
lives Hillsborough, NC.
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