Real Estate 2024: STEPHEN BALLARD

Working from home, Ballard and his sister, Brenda, founded S.B. Ballard Construction by completing small projects for the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and minor renovations for their neighbors.

Over the course of the past 40 years, Ballard has served as a project manager, superintendent, estimator, carpenter and laborer. As president and CEO of S.B. Ballard Construction, he oversees all construction operations and corporate functions, including strategic planning, project management, estimating, business development, corporate communications, safety and quality.

Last year, Ballard Construction completed the 357,000-square-foot Virginia Department of General Services’ Main Street Centre parking deck in Richmond, as well as a fitness center in Hampton serving Joint Base Langley–Eustis. Also completed in 2023 was the Student Recreation and Wellness Center at Old Dominion University, which involved the demolition of an existing field house and building a 121,000-square-foot recreation facility.

Ballard is a member of the Associated General Contractors of America, the American Concrete Institute and the American Society of Concrete Contractors.