News and Insights

RVA developer Larry Shaia, Charter Realty and Development Co., has opened the first of five buildings at Cambridge Square Apartments. This project is a 207-unit complex at 7125 Brandy Run Drive, near the Brandy Hill Plaza shopping center (Mechanicsville Turnpike and Lee Davis Road). According to Richmond Bizsense, Shaia completing...

Two of our engineering projects are in the news this month as RVA development continues. Zannino Engineering is working with Blackwood Development Company (BDC) on the Winterfield Crossing project in Chesterfield.  BDC was worked for nearly three decades to build and develop commercial properties in Central Virginia as well as...

Richmond’s Short Pump area continues to grow. A new Hampton Inn hotel approved by the Henrico County Planning Commission back in 2016 is under construction at Short Pump. The property is being developed on 3.7 acres adjacent to the GreenGate development near North Gayton Road. The Hampton Inn hotel under...

Last year a homeowner contacted us to evaluate his river view slope that he said was close to his house. When we first visited the sight we were shocked to see that the previous owner had built a very large house just five feet from the edge of a 35...

Lime Stabilization at RNDC In December of 2013, Zannino Engineering was contracted to perform Construction Materials Testing and Special Inspections for the proposed Regional North Distribution Center, a 250,000 square foot distribution facility. The site, which is located in Ashland, Virginia, was existing farm land. A Geotechnical Evaluation performed for...

Tom Zannino and Zannino Engineering Inc. were recognized by the Richmond Metro Business section in a feature article today highlighting the accomplishments and business relationships developed over the last 23 years of our business. Our satisfied customers testified to the confidence and level of service that they receive for their...