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2008
Big Train Auction and Service Awards
(11/06/08) Hopkins & Porter has been doing work for the Bethesda Big Train for several years. This past year we helped to renovate the score board for the Shirly Povich Ballpark.
Every year The Big Train holds an auction to raise money for the ball park and the Big Train and they also hand out service awards to members who have contributed to the Team.
Click here to learn more about Bethesda Big Train.
8th Annual Travilah Oak Day
(10/11/2008) Potomac, Maryland. A taste of Potomac's unique local flavor. This year's Travilah Oak Day met with great success. Over 200 people came to celebrate the more than 300 year old oak tree. The local celebration supports a different charity every year, this year all proceeds were donated to the Second Chance Wildlife Center.
Activities included: pumpkin decorating, scarecrow making, horse rides, traditional Chinese dragon dance, Master Gardeners, Hay Rides, group Painting of the Travilah Oak Tree with Anne Martinez, Guide God Training Demonstration, Pollination Exhibit, Locust Grove Nature Center, Leaf Printing on Fabric, Face Painting, Flags, Maps and Journeys, Forest Conservation/Rainscape Gardens, Travilah Elementary School PTSA, Antique Fire Engines -LJ Gaddis
More photos of Travilah Oak Day 2008.
ST. NICHOLAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH BRUNCH
(9/21/2008) Gaithersburg, Maryland
Hopkins & Porter help a brunch for the St. Nicholas Church. After years without a building and meeting in a nearby school, St Nick's church is finally getting close to finishing phase 1 of a 3 phases building process.
After a short blessing, the parishioners of St. Nick's got a tour of their new facility. Although the building is not yet fully complete the parishioners were very excited to step into their new church for the first time.
"Its been a long time coming. We have been raising money to build a church for years and now we have a roof and a floor! I can't wait until everything is complete!" -St Nicholas Parishioner.
Visit St. Nick's Episcopal Church to learn more.
Hopkins & Porter Now Offers Solar Generators
(8/08) Glory Energy Solution Fossil-fuel generators can still be used in conjunction with solar generators, but now to a much lesser degree. From the smallest model to the industrial/construction strength of our larger models, all of our generators supply pure sine-wave current that is more consistent than that of your utility. On top of this, they have no fuel exhaust, do not run out of gas, require no oil changes and make no noise!
They work every day! Silently making electricity, they can work for you even when you are not using them as a remote electrical source. WHY NOT LET THEM WORK EVERY DAY... WEEKENDS & HOLIDAYS too! After all, their only fuel source is the sun! Consider the budget-enhancing applications of providing supplemental electricity to your department, building or home... for free.
Download the spec sheets provided below to help you determine which mobile solar generator will be best for your particular needs. If you have some specific custom requirements that are not met by any of our models listed, please let us know. We will work with you to design and manufacture what you need.
Click here for more information about our new generator.
GuildQuality Member
(8/08)Hopkins & Porter has become a member of GuildQuality.
What is GuildQuality?
GuildQuality serves hundreds of building professionals committed to delivering an exceptional customer experience. As an independent third-party, GuildQuality interviews every customer about his or her experience through the building process and provides immediate results to the Hopkins & Porter.
Why is Hopkins & Porter a member?
Customer feedback is critical – nothing impacts our reputation more than word of mouth. GuildQuality provides valuable, actionable customer feedback so we can:
- Monitor the quality of service we deliver
- Measure the performance of our people
- Address customers' needs in a timely manner
How does my membership benefit you?
By using GuildQuality, we invest time and money to hear objective feedback from our customers. Using this valuable information, we constantly work to improve the service and product we deliver in order to become a better builder.
Click here to see how our clients are rating us!
POTOMAC BUILDERS & COLLEAGUES SUPPORT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AT THE BALL GAME
(7/17/2008) Potomac, Maryland -- Hopkins & Porter Construction, Inc., a builder based in Potomac, enlisted the help of its associates, sub-contractors, and suppliers along with the Rotary Club of Potomac to join them in making a group contribution to Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County (HFH-MC). On Saturday evening, July 3, Joseph Leonard, Salesman for Hopkins & Porter Construction presented on behalf of all the contributors a check for $16,000 to John Paukstis, Executive Director of HfH-MD, during the opening ceremonies of the Big Train Baseball game at Shirley Povich Field in Cabin John Park, Rockville, Maryland.
Read the entire Press Release.
L to R: Guy Semmes (H&P), Joe Leonard (H&P) with the check, John Paukstis (Habitat), Peter Lukacs (Rockville Window & Door), and Jim Reid (Consistent Cleaning). The little girl on the ladder is Jim Reid's daughter, and the 2 little boys are Joe Leonard's sons.
Advice
from an Expert:
Hopkins & Porter's Kai Tong discusses the design-build process in the Fall/Winter 2008 issue of Home & Design Sourcebook. Read More.
HOPKINS & PORTER ROAD CLEAN UP
Hopkins & Porter staff Joe Leonard, Sharon Weir, Jimmy Jackson, and Mike Wilkinson after a day of work keeping the roads clean.
(3/7/2008) Hopkins & Porter is part of the MC Adopt-a-road program. We maintain the section of Democracy between 7-Locks & Kentsdale. This is a volunteer commitment with the county to schedule 4 clean ups of your section of the road each year, and to notify them of any major trash violations or dumping. We usually take care of these interim problems ourselves.
Our project expediter Jimmy Jackson proudly treats the road as his own and cleans up messes when he finds them. On the scheduled days we rotate the responsibility for clean up between the office, the Handyman technicians , and the Remodeling Carpenters.
Visit Montgomery County adopt-a-road program to learn more.
2007
POTOMAC DAY RAFFLE A CHARITABLE SUCCESS
Left to right: Guy Hopkins Semmes (co-owner of Hopkins & Porter Construction, Inc., Grace Rood (owner of Flaps, recently closed), John Paukstis (Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County), and Melissa Lankler (Dickerson, MD)
11-26-07 - Last month’s Potomac Day was a success for Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, Bob and Grace Rood of Potomac and Melissa Lankler of Dickerson, Maryland. In their annual raffle to raise money for and public awareness of Habitat of Montgomery County, Hopkins & Porter Construction, Inc. of Potomac, Maryland donated 2 free hours of their Handyman Service along with a tool bag. The Roods were the lucky winners. Ms. Lankler won 2 gift certificates, one at Target and the other at Fashion Craft Cleaners. The more than $300 proceeds from the raffle ticket sales were donated to Habitat.
Established in 1982, Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County (HFH-MC) describes itself as working in partnership with God and Habitat volunteers to build and renovate homes to help families in need realize the dream of home ownership here in Montgomery County, Maryland. Countywide, it is estimated that 1600 families must endure substandard housing, living without even such basics as indoor plumbing. An affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, HFH-MC has constructed 19 homes, all with volunteer help. Currently HfH-MC is focused on the completion of a 24 townhome community in Burtonsville, MD. . This community will be the first of its kind for HfH-MC and mark a new beginning for 24 deserving families. The town home community will consist of 24, 3-level, 3-bedroom town homes and will be built almost entirely by volunteers. The average cost of a Linganore Woods home is approximately $150,000. Construction on this $3.8 million project began in July of 2006 and will continue through 2008. Habitat homeowners must themselves invest 500 hours of their own sweat equity into their own and into others’ homes. Their no-interest mortgage payments are recycled by the Fund for Humanity to build more Habitat houses.
Washington Spaces Magazine
Hopkins & Porter was recently featured in a Washington Spaces Magazine article about homes at Merry-Go-Round Farm in Potomac
2006
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Travilah Oak DayAnnually Hopkins & Porter Construction helps to host the annual Travilah Oak Day Celebration in honor of the 300-year old plus Great White Oak tree that towers beside their office building. In 1997 a community group calling itself the Friends of the Travilah Oak organized under the coordination of Hopkins & Porter to protect the oak permanently for posterity. A small park was built around its base and lightening protection was installed. For the fifth year in a row, the annual Travilah Oak Day has raised money to support a charitable project in the community. This year and last funds helped build the new canal boat which gives interpretive rides to the Great Falls area of the C & O Canal National Historical Park. |
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Ray Hornsby Celebrates 20th Anniversary
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MORE THAN ONE WINNER AT THE BASEBALL GAME Hopkins & Porter Supports Habitat for HumanityJuly 12, 2006 — Hopkins & Porter Construction, Inc., asked the help of their associates, sub-contractors and suppliers along with the Rotary Club of Potomac to join them in making a contribution to Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County (HFH-MC). On Saturday evening, July 11, Michael Porter Denker, President and Co-Owner of Hopkins & Porter Construction in company with Harriet Finder of Stuart Kitchens and Peter Lukacs of Rockville Window & Door presented a check for $5,000 to John Paukstis, Executive Director of HfH-MD, at the opening ceremonies of the Big Train Baseball game at Shirley Povich Field in Cabin John Park, Rockville, Maryland. The 15 locally based companies that participated with Hopkins & Porter were A A Ontko Plumbing and Heating, Architectural Ceramics, Carey Stouffer, Consistent Cleaning Service, Contemporary Exteriors, David Hall Drywall, Polytech Roofing, Potomac Horticulture, Professional Paint Service, Reliable Electric Associates, Rockville Window & Door, Stuart Kitchens, T A Bennett Masonry, Tony & Sons Heating & Air Conditioning, and Universal Floors. "We would like to be builders not only of houses but of stronger communities, just as the Bethesda Big Train and Rotary and Habitat for Humanity are. We realize that individually we can do just a little, but all together we can do marvelous things," said Guy Semmes. The Bethesda Big Train, a college summer wooden-bat team created in 1999, defeated and took over first place from Youse's Orioles in the Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball League by scoring15-5 in Saturday's game. The season continues until the beginning of August. This is the fourth year in a row that Hopkins & Porter has helped raise funds for HFH-MC at the Bethesda Big Train. Hopkins & Porter Construction is celebrating its 29th year doing quality residential remodeling, new home construction, and handyman repairs throughout Washington, D. C. and Montgomery County. They are proud recipients of many design awards. Hopkins & Porter Announces Newly Redesigned Website
June 19, 2006 — If you are a regular visitor to www.hopkinsandporter.com you will notice an entirely different look for the website. Not only has the design changed — reflecting the quality design and workmanship of our home remodeling services — but new content has been added as well. These changes include:
The Hopkins & Porter staff worked collaboratively with TGS Communications (www.tgscomm.com) on the site redesign. More changes are planned so keep coming back! |
Potomac Day 2006
Ray Hornsby, Production Manager of the Remodeling Division, celebrates his 20th year with the company. Ray began with Hopkins and Porter as a helper, and has continued in positions as support carpenter, and lead carpenter on his way to becoming the head of all remodeling production for the company. 
2005
Hopkins & Porter Wins National NARI Contractor of the Year Award for Creative Design
CotY Grand Award for Creative Design (read article in Home & Design magazine)
H&P Employees Help Clean Up After Katrina
November 11, 2005 — Hopkins & Porter employees Don Lowry, Robert Lowry, Ray Hornsby, and Jamie Dyott went to New Orleans to help out with the reconstruction of homes destroyed there by Hurricane Katrina. The all-volunteer project was organized by Rebuilding Together, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve and revitalize houses and communities, assuring that low-income homeowners, from the elderly and disabled to families, have a warm and safe place to live. Arriving on a chilly Wednesday, the workers arrived and spent the next five days focusing on one home, removing trash, installing walls, replacing electrical circuits... anything needed to bring the home back to its original shape.
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