Real Estate 2023: GEORGE B. CLARKE IV

FOUNDER, OWNER AND PRESIDENT, MEB, CHESAPEAKE

Published August 30, 2023 by Virginia Business

Clarke graduated from Virginia Tech in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. That same year, he founded MEB.

The company started with a handful of employees as a small federal government contractor serving military installations across the Hampton Roads area. Since then, Clarke has grown it into a 250-plus employee firm that completes over $200 million in work each year. MEB’s portfolio includes projects such as the $52.6 million Plasser American manufacturing plant and office building expansion; the $68 million Virginia Beach Sports Center; the $228 million Pure Salmon indoor aquaculture facility in Tazewell County; and a Norfolk Naval Shipyard saltwater distribution system with increased pumping capacity to cool Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers.

Clarke received Virginia Tech’s Myers-Lawson School of Construction Outstanding Service Award and is a past board member for the Virginia Tech Foundation.

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