Katherine Schulte

1 week ago | virginiabusiness.com | Katherine Schulte

Groundworks has hired Rajeev Rai as chief technology officer, the Virginia Beach-based foundation and water management solutions company announced Thursday. His predecessor, Bobby Greer, held the title of chief information officer but was responsible for the same functions. Greer left Groundworks to be CIO for Altus Fire & Life Safety, according to his LinkedIn profile. Rai will lead efforts to improve the company’s AI and mobile tools, marketing technology and core infrastructure technology.

1 week ago | virginiabusiness.com | Katherine Schulte

Another scoop? Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches is expanding its ice cream manufacturing in Richmond. The Richmond company is investing $5.8 million to move to a new facility in the city and expects to create 166 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. Established in 2016, the small batch ice cream company has doubled in size year-over-year and has outgrown its current production facility, according to a news release.

1 week ago | virginiabusiness.com | Katherine Schulte

SUMMARY:Commonwealth Fusion Systems has applied for a conditional use permit to build a 400-megawatt fusion plant in Chesterfield County. Facility expected to be world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plantConstruction planned for late 2020s; operations expected to start in early 2030s. Commonwealth Fusion Systems has filed an application with Chesterfield County for a permit to build the world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant in the county.

1 week ago | virginiabusiness.com | Katherine Schulte

Virginia Beach architecture and engineering firm Clark Nexsen has been acquired by Maryland-based engineering, architecture and related services company Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson. JMT‘s acquisition of Clark Nexsen closed on May 9. The company announced the merger May 21 and did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction. Clark Nexsen’s approximately 325 employees will join JMT’s roughly 2,450-person workforce to form a firm with more than 2,750 employees. JMT is 100% employee-owned.

2 weeks ago | virginiabusiness.com | Katherine Schulte

Diana Schwartz is resigning as CEO of Danville‘s River District Association, effective June 5. “It has been an honor and a privilege to play an important role in moving the downtown and the community forward in the journey towards revitalization for the last seven, almost eight, years,” Schwartz said in a statement Wednesday.