Chesapeake, VA. The following individuals at MEB General Contractors have passed the LEED NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – New Construction) exam, earning accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council:

Steve Bunting, LEED AP, has been an MEB project manager for more than 4 years and has nearly 30 years of construction industry experience. Bunting’s expertise includes both commercial and industrial design/build and construction management projects. His recently completed projects include Metroplex One, a 34,000SF office building located on the CBN/Regent University campus; Jefferson School Lofts, an adaptive-reuse renovation of an historic Suffolk school into apartments; and American Port Services, (2) 150,000SF high bay industrial warehouses in Suffolk’s Northgate Commerce Park.

Chesapeake, VA. The following individuals at MEB General Contractors have passed the LEED NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – New Construction) exam, earning accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council:

Wesley Bynum, LEED AP, is MEB’s Chief Estimator and holds a Bachelor of Science, Construction Management degree from East Carolina University. Bynum has been with MEB for more than 5 years and oversees cost estimating for the company’s construction management, negotiated design/build and hard bid projects. He has experience with a diverse range of construction types including schools, commercial office buildings, industrial warehouses, multi-family projects, water and wastewater treatment facilities, as well as municipal, state, and federal projects.

Virginia Beach- Mid Eastern Builders (MEB) held a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 for the Metroplex One office building. Metroplex One is a two story, 35,000 SF, multi-tenant facility located at the intersection of Regent University Drive and Midtowne Way on the campus of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). Completion is expected by October of this year and future tenants will include the American Center for Law and Justice, Trinity Broadcasting Network, and Regent University’s School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship.

Chesapeake, VA. MEB General Contractors has completed the largest EDR (Electrodialysis reversal) system in the United States, at the G. Robert House Jr. Water Treatment Plant in Suffolk. Internationally, Suffolk’s system is second only to a project currently in design for Barcelona, Spain. Additionally, the $46 million contract is the largest the City has awarded in its history. The project combines an expansion of the existing treatment plant, a new well source and a pipeline connecting the two.