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Company Profile

Ocean Construction Services, Inc. aims to provide project delivery that exceeds our clients' expectations in budget, schedule, quality and safety. Customer satisfaction always comes first, and we believe in treating our people well. We hire the best we can find and treat them well so that they will stay with us.

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Mission Statement

Ocean Construction Services Inc was founded on, and continues to operate under the following fundamental elements: character, service, commitment and value. We believe that business character is essential to the development of lasting business relationships. Service is the most perceivable way to separate ourselves from the competition. Company commitment is demonstrated in two forms, commitment to meeting or exceeding our customer’s expectations for every project and commitment to our business in terms of profitability and long term success. The company provides value to its customers by incorporating our character, service and commitment into a competitive pricing structure. Our mission is to exceed our Client’s expectations for every project by creating value through the incorporation of our core fundamentals.

Leadership

Tony began his career as a drywall hanger in 1972 and became a partner in a local drywall firm in 1987. After 30+ years in the Drywall Industry, Tony founded Ocean Construction Services, Inc. in 2004 in order to offer a wider array of construction services to the Hampton Roads area. His leadership continues to drive the OCS team and his knowledge of the trade is clear as employees know he has worked his way up from the bottom and can figuratively put himself back in their position when necessary.

Anthony R. Gower, Sr.

President

Working his way through Old Dominion University as a laborer and carpenter’s helper, Thor earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering Technology and has over 40 years’ experience in the construction industry, with 14 at Ocean Construction Services, Inc, as a supervisor and tradesman. Now Vice President and Contracts Manager, he manages the delivery of successful federal, commercial, and residential construction projects for the firm. His experience with all aspects of facilities construction includes office, warehouse, retail, assembly, food service, educational, institutional, and industrial uses. Thor Elmore has an established reputation and is well known and respected by owners, architects, and subcontractors.

Thornton H. Elmore III

Executive Vice President

Greg has nearly 20 years of experience in the construction industry as an owner and project manager. He has provided project management on a great variety of projects ranging from $1M to $56M, including company management, estimating, sole-source negotiated contracts, hard-bidding, design-build, design-bid-build, project management, and quality control management of federal, commercial, and residential construction projects that were delivered on time, within/under budget. Greg has proven through repeated past performance that he is capable of punctual delivery while maintaining a safe and organized job site.

Greg Ridley

Vice President, Project Manager

A graduate of the University of Virginia with a B.S. in Civil Engineering, Rachel’s 10+ years of experience in the construction industry has given her a proven ability to lead projects in diverse environments. She manages projects from initial award through contract completion, ensuring that tasks are completed within time and budgetary constraints. She has performed estimating, design-build, design-bid-build, and project management for federal and commercial construction projects ranging from $1M to $20M that include interior fit-outs, partial and full renovations, occupied renovations, new construction, and several healthcare projects in operating facilities. Rachel focuses on strategic management, project profitability, overall quality control, and safety.

Rachel Willey

Vice President, Project Manager

Kara joined us in 2014 after leaving the entertainment/concert industry of 10 years. Starting as a Project Managers Assistant and worked her way to become The Proposal and Billing Coordinator. Kara manages all bidding documents and coordinating the writing of Technical Proposals for Ocean and all the JVs. Kara is Emerys assistant and also keeps the field and officing moving with all their IT/ Technical needs. Kara and Margie also work closely together to ensure jobs start ups kick off seamlessly.

Kara Canter

Proposal Coordinator

Margie Fulcher originally started at Ocean Construction as our receptionist. Within a year, Margie proved to be an asset to job start up and quickly received a promotion. She is now the Senior PMA. Margies duties consist of project start up, Certified payroll, submittals, Close outs and managing our badging requests. Margie is Karas right hand and helps tremendously with her projects when bidding is underway.

Margie Fulcher

Senior Project Manager Assistant

Shannon joined Ocean Construction as a Project Manager’s Asst. shortly after it was founded. She worked her way up to Project Manager in 2008 and remained in that position until taking some time off to start a family in 2013. She continues to be a valuable part of the Ocean team, by handling all the billings to Owners and Applications for Payment from Subcontractors on all of our projects.

Shannon Gower

Billing Coordinator

Casey joined the Ocean team in 2016 as the Office Manager / Receptionist and has since been promoted to HR / Payroll Manager. She is the right hand to the Controller and a vital part of the Admin team. 

Casey Richardson

Payroll Manager

Lyndsey joined the Ocean Construction team as Office Manager in December of 2017. In addition to her office management and reception responsibilities, she also handles Marketing and Social Media for the company. Lyndsey is a certified Social Media Strategist and comes from a creative background, where she worked in the Radio and Audio/Video Production industries for over 15 years. With this knowledge, Lyndsey also creates graphics for bids and all other marketing materials.

Lyndsey Kippes

Office Manager

Troy Dover is a well versed construction professional with over 10 years of experience in Commercial and Federal Contracting. His in-depth knowledge and past experience within the Emergency Response and Restoration Construction sector makes him a vital asset to Ocean Construction, thriving in both complex and aggressive schedules.

Troy Dover

Project Manager / Business Development

Dave's bio coming soon!

David Keene

Project Manager

JD Holton

Corporate Safety Director

Chris Murray

Estimator

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