Senior Preconstruction Manager Alex Schwartz wins 2025 Founders Award
At Coakley & Williams Construction, the Founder’s Award is one of our highest honors. It recognizes more than results — it celebrates consistency, character, and the kind of impact that shapes our culture for the better. This year, that distinction belongs to someone who embodies all of that and more: Alex Phifer Schwartz.
Watch Our Video: Building The DMV
We are a team of passionate builders with deep roots in the DMV area. For more than six decades, we have brought expertise and dedication to every project, shaping the multifamily, education, science & technology, corporate interiors, hospitality, affordable housing, commercial, government, healthcare, industrial, senior living, and repositioning sectors. Coakley & Williams Construction - Building the DMV for more than 60 years.
Senior Project Manager Emily Fredette Wins 2024 Founders Award
Each year, we honor employees who consistently go above and beyond the day-to-day expectations and deliver exceptional performance on the job, amongst their peers, and in the community. The CWC Founders Award was created to provide the name and physical recognition for those whom this award is bestowed upon yearly. This year, Senior Project Manager Emily Fredette was a recipient.
CWC Breaks Ground on Foxcroft School's Mars STEAM Wing | Middleburg, VA
We recently broke ground on Foxcroft School’s new Mars STEAM Wing, an 18,000 SF, two-story addition that will house new science labs, innovation and engineering labs, math rooms, and mechanical spaces.
Grand Opening of Madeira School's STEAM Academic Center | McLean, VA
The Madeira School recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new STEAM Academic Center, a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary building that houses a Robotics Lab, Makers Space, and much more.
CWC Empowers Women at Camp NAWIC
Some of our team members volunteered at Camp NAWIC (National Association for Women in Construction), a free national program organized by the National Association of Women in Construction that introduces young women to various career opportunities in the construction industry.
Langley School's Crossroads Building Wins Excellence in Construction Award | McLean, VA
The Crossroads Building at The Langley School construction project in McLean, VA takes home Excellence in Construction Award.
Dig Deeper into the Construction of Smothers Elementary School | Washington, DC
Dig deeper into the modernization of the Historic Smothers Elementary School located East of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC.
See Smothers Elementary School's Final Photos | Washington, DC
The Smothers Elementary School construction project in Washington DC is complete. See the final photos.
See The Langley School's Newest Building in McLean, VA
The Crossroads Building at The Langley School construction project in McLean, VA, is complete. See the final photos.
The Langley School Celebrates Opening of New "Crossroads" Building
The Langley School kicked off its school year by hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their Crossroads Building, a new multi-purpose academic facility that will house the primary school, fifth grade, library and media center, and a large multi-purpose space.
Georgetown Day School - High School Expansion & Renovation
CWC was recently engaged by the Georgetown Day School (GDS) for preconstruction services on the expansion and renovation for it’s existing High School.
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Holton-Arms Students Leave Their Mark on New Gym
Holton-Arms School recently celebrated the beginning of a significant renovation providing students a fun opportunity to leave their mark by signing the existing concrete floor.
CWC Project Manager Wins Award from Georgetown University
We are proud to announce that CWC project manager Nick Yager was recently honored with the 2022 Tropaia Outstanding Student Award by the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies.
CWC Breaks Ground on Madeira’s New STEAM Building
The Madeira School recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new STEAM Academic Center, a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary building that will house a Robotics Lab, Makers Space, and much more.
See Our New Project: The Madeira School STEAM Building
Learn more about our new education project: The Madeira School STEAM Building in McLean, VA.
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See Our New Project: The Langley School Crossroads Building
Learn more about our new education project: The Langley School Crossroads Building in McLean, VA.
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Building Education: Madeira School House Complete
Coakley & Williams Construction (CWC) recently completed the interior renovation of a schoolhouse on Madeira’s campus. Despite multiple challenges, the work was completed in time for the school year.
See Our New Project: Landon School
Learn more about our new commercial project: Landon School in Bethesda, MD.