James River Exteriors
The Dome at Atlantic Park · Virginia Beach — One of Virginia's 2026 Top Projects
Est. 1992 · Richmond, Virginia

James River Exteriors exists to build better — better buildings, better partnerships, and a better standard for how the work gets done.

$20M
Annual Volume
30+
Years in Business
.75
EMR Safety Rating
Why
choose
JRE.
Portfolio / 2026 Continue Est. 1992
§ 01 — Selected Work

A dossier of complex exteriors.

Nine projects that exemplify the multi-cladding coordination, specialty detailing, and envelope performance GCs call us for.

01 / 09
Hermitage at Cedarfield
EIFS & Window Replacement / Pinnacle Living
Campus-wide envelope rehabilitation on an occupied senior-living community. Full EIFS removal and replacement coordinated with window replacement and resident-in-place construction sequencing.
$5.86M
Contract Value
02 / 09
Atlantic Park
Four-Phase Mixed-Use / Virginia Beach
Residential, parking, and entertainment venue across four coordinated phases. Headline scope: the specialty radius wall and custom dome finish at the entertainment block.
$4.08M
Contract Value (4 phases)
03 / 09
University of Richmond — Boatwright Library
Stone Tracery Restoration / Multi-Phase
Intricate Gothic stone tracery restoration alongside broader campus masonry work, on a working academic library. Historic preservation standards, phased around a continuously occupied campus.
$3.55M
Contract Value (3 phases)
04 / 09
Shockoe Valley View II
Total Envelope Removal & Replacement / Urban High-Rise
Full envelope rehabilitation on a tight urban high-rise site. Access, staging, and weatherization solved under dense downtown constraints.
$1.51M
Contract Value
05 / 09
Chesden Building at Lakewood Manor
Campus-Wide Façade Upgrade
Comprehensive refacing of a signature campus building as part of a broader community-wide façade modernization program.
$1.37M
Contract Value
06 / 09
Repairs at 1216–1244 North 29th Street
Full Removal & Replacement / Better Housing Coalition
Envelope-wide removal and replacement on a community housing portfolio. Coordinated repairs across multiple parcels under one program.
$1.29M
Contract Value
07 / 09
Seminole Square Shopping Center
Framing · Siding · EIFS · Stone · Masonry / Charlottesville
The full toolbox on a single project — framing, siding, EIFS, stone, and masonry coordinated by one trade partner. The reason GCs single-source exterior scope to JRE.
$712K
Contract Value
08 / 09
Church Hill Flats
Envelope Repairs — Removal & Replacement
Full envelope repair program addressing failed systems and moisture intrusion. Removal-and-replacement approach restoring long-term building performance.
$1.22M
Contract Value
09 / 09
Homeport Hampton
Envelope Removal & Replacement / Multi-Building Residential
Complete envelope tear-off and replacement across multiple residential buildings with active tenants. Weather protection and sequencing driven by occupancy.
$1.67M
Contract Value
§ 02 — Capabilities

One trade partner.
Every cladding, flashing, and finish.

For 30+ years, James River Exteriors has been the Mid-Atlantic's single-source envelope specialist — delivering EIFS, stucco, stone, masonry, siding, caulking, and waterproofing — plus repair and restoration of all of the above — across the region's most demanding commercial, healthcare, education, and residential projects. From the weather barrier to the final flashing, one trade partner owns the exterior.

Self-Performing CSI Divisions — 04 Masonry · 06 Wood & Composites · 07 Thermal & Moisture Protection · 09 Finishes
i.

EIFS & Continuous Insulation

Full EIFS scopes, CIFS assemblies, and fluid-applied WRB integration. Specialty finishes, deep reveals, and radius walls handled in-house.

Masterwall · Dryvit · Sto
ii.

Fiber Cement & Siding

Fiber cement rain screen panel systems, lap siding, and engineered wood cladding. Rainscreen assemblies with proper detailing at every transition.

Equitone · James Hardie · Nichiha · LP
iii.

Stone & Stone Veneer

Natural stone, limestone, and cast stone — full-depth and veneer. Manufactured and thin stone veneer systems installed on the projects where the detail matters as much as the substrate.

Limestone · Cast Stone · Manufactured Veneer · Thin Veneer · Full Depth
iv.

Masonry, Brick & Block

Brick veneer, CMU and structural block, and masonry restoration — self-performed alongside the rest of the envelope.

Brick Veneer · CMU / Block · Restoration
v.

Stucco & Specialty Plaster

Traditional three-coat stucco, synthetic systems, and interior plaster. Custom textures matched to architect specifications.

3-Coat · Synthetic · Venetian · Custom
vi.

Flashing, WRBs & Waterproofing

The transitions that fail buildings. Fluid-applied WRBs, through-wall flashings, and waterproofing detailed for long-term envelope performance.

Prosoco · Henry · GCP · Tremco
vii.

Mitigation & Repair

When envelopes fail, we're the contractor owners and their consultants call. Moisture investigation support, targeted remediation, and full removal-and-replacement — the pedigree behind our court-appointed class-action repair certification.

Investigation Support · Remediation · Removal & Replacement · Warranty Repair
viii.

Framing, Sheathing & Coordination

Exterior framing and sheathing when the scope calls for it — so one trade partner owns the envelope from stud to finish.

Steel · Wood · Sheathing · Single Source
ix.

Preconstruction & Design-Assist

Budget validation, value engineering, design-build support, mockups, and field solutions — brought in early, before envelope problems get expensive. Certified across the major EIFS manufacturers, with Masterwall as our primary system.

Precon Budgets · VE · Design-Build · Mockups · Field Solutions
§ 03 — The Standard

Safety isn't a program.
It's the precondition for everything we do.

Manifesto

Every scaffold, every lift, every swing stage — we operate as though the owner, the GC, and our families are on site watching. Because across three decades and thousands of projects, that's the only standard that has ever mattered.

Our crews are trained, re-trained, and certified beyond OSHA minimums. We don't run a checklist — we run a culture. The best indicator of a safe project isn't a binder; it's what a trade partner does when no one is looking.

01
Zero recordable incidents maintained across complex, multi-trade envelope work in healthcare, education, and occupied residential environments — with a .75 EMR, 25% better than the industry baseline.
Zero-Incident Record
02
Fall protection, confined space, swing stage, and multi-trade coordination protocols written specifically for exterior envelope scopes.
Written Protocols
03
Ongoing investment in crew certifications, equipment upgrades, and superintendent-led toolbox talks on every active site, every week.
Continuous Training
04
Full OSHA compliance backed by proactive internal audits and documentation GCs can hand directly to their risk teams without a cover letter.
Audit-Ready Compliance
§ 04 — By the Numbers

A record that pre-qualifies itself.

$20M
Annual Volume
30+
Years in Business
3,000+
Projects Completed
.75
Experience Modification Rate
§ 05 — Recognition

Verified by the industry.

Virginia Business
2026 Top Projects Honoree — Atlantic Park, Virginia Beach
Envelope Subcontractor
Walls & Ceilings
Top 50 Contractors — Awarded Multiple Years
National Ranking
Virginia Tech
Hokie 100 — #41 Fastest-Growing Hokie-Led Company
Virginia Tech Hokie 100 — 2026 Top-Ranked Company badge
ABC
STEP Health & Safety Management Designation — 2026 Bronze
ABC 2026 STEP Bronze — Health and Safety Management System badge
AWCI
EIFSmart Contractor — Among the First 50 in the Nation
AWCI EIFSmart Contractor badge
Moisture Warranty
Certified Repair Contractor — Court-Appointed Dryvit Class-Action Warranty Program
MoistureFree Warranty certified repair contractor badge
HBAR
Excellence Awards — Façade, Commercial & Outdoor Living Categories
Home Building Association of Richmond logo
Member: EIMA · AWCI · ABC · AGC · HBAR · NAHB · Virginia Masonry Association · ABAA

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Shane Burnette · Director of Business Development
shane@jamesriverexteriors.com