Above: The Vecellio Group is privately owned by Leo A. Vecellio, Jr., his wife, Kathryn, and sons Christopher, left, and Michael, right. Right: Leo A. Vecellio, Jr. is shown with Leo A. Vecellio, Sr., (1915-1996), who co-founded the company in 1938.

About The Vecellio Group

The Vecellio Group offers a wide range of heavy/highway, mining and energy services and products to our valued public- and private-sector customers.

Our operations include road and bridge construction; underground utilities; site development; golf course construction and renovation; asphalt contracting and paving; limestone aggregate production; environmental reclamation; petroleum treatment, storage and distribution services; biodiesel production; and more.

More than 100 years of history...

The company's roots go back to 1900, when Enrico Vecellio began a masonry contracting business in West Virginia. He built a reputation for excellence in workmanship and professional integrity. He soon entered the emerging road-building industry and became one of its earliest success stories.

Leo Vecellio grew up around road construction, earned a civil engineering degree and in the 1930s joined his father's business. Gene Grogan also joined the company and married Leo's sister, Erma, who handled much of the company's administrative work.

Vecellio & Grogan was formed in 1938 by Enrico, Leo and Gene, with Erma continuing her valuable assistance. The company became well-known for its heavy/highway contracting expertise, especially under tough-job, high-production conditions.

Vecellio & Grogan grew throughout the years, expanding into the mid-Atlantic states and other fields. During the 1960's, V&G was involved as much in coal-mining as it was in earth-moving. 

In the 1970's, third-generation contractor Leo Vecellio, Jr., earned his civil engineering degree and joined the family business. With his assistance, V&G began branching out into more diverse economic and geographic regions.  Opportunities arose in Florida, and a number of operations were established, continuing the group's substantial growth.

Meeting the challenges of the 21st Century...

Today, the Vecellio Group includes Vecellio & Grogan, Sharpe Bros., Ranger Construction, Ranger Golf, Ranger Construction -- South, White Rock Quarries, and Vecenergy, the Vecellio Group's energy division. Vecenergy units include Vecenergy BIDA, Vecenergy Resources, Vecenergy Logistics, South Florida Materials and South Florida Petroleum Services, each built upon the legacy of excellence in contracting and professional integrity.

Vecellio & Grogan, established in 1938, is a major heavy/highway contractor specializing in complete site development, bridge and road construction, drainage and utility structures, coal mining development, and site reclamation in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States.

Sharpe Bros. is a division of Vecellio & Grogan providing grading, paving and utilities contracting to the public and private sectors of North Carolina's Piedmont Triad area. Sharpe Bros. is backed by the full construction capabilities of Vecellio & Grogan's North Carolina division.

Ranger Construction is a leading heavy/highway, site development and asphalt paving contractor with state-of-the-art facilities in numerous locations throughout northeast, central and southeast Florida. Ranger Construction serves customers from St. Johns County west to Polk County and south to the Florida Keys through its Ranger North, Ranger Central and Ranger Construction -- South divisions.  

Ranger Golf, a division of Ranger Construction, has worked with many of the game's greatest designers and architects, building and renovating top-quality golf courses for the PGA Tour and other demanding owners across the nation.

White Rock Quarries, a division of Vecellio & Grogan, is a DOT-certified mining operation located in Miami, Florida. White Rock produces high quality limestone (also known as limerock) to meet a wide variety of construction aggregate needs for its diversified customer base.  

Vecenergy is the Vecellio Group's energy division, with interests in the storage and distribution of petroleum products and additives, and the production of alternative fuels. Markets include the U.S., Caribbean and Europe. Vecenergy comprises these operating units:

Vecenergy BIDA is a partnership between Vecenergy and Biodiesel de Andalucia (BIDA) for the construction and operation of biodiesel production facilities in Europe and, eventually, the U.S.

Vecenergy Resources provides fuel additive services to major oil companies throughputting petroleum products at deep-water port locations, including Port Everglades in South Florida.

Vecenergy Logistics designs, builds and operates high-capacity port terminals to store and distribute bulk petroleum and fuel products.

South Florida Materials operates a liquid asphalt and diesel terminal at the Port of Palm Beach in southeast Florida. With a heated storage capacity of 8 million gallons of liquid asphalt, the division assures regional asphalt contractors a steady supply of product. The terminal also has 6.7 million gallons of diesel storage capacity to service South Florida's diesel fuel needs.

South Florida Petroleum Services provides offloading services for all petroleum products at Port Everglades, located on the east coast of South Florida.

The Vecellio Group is in its fourth generation as a family-owned and operated contractor, with Christopher and Michael Vecellio now among the executive ranks.

Did you know...

The Vecellio Group is ranked among America's largest contractors by Engineering News-Record:

• Top 400 Contractors (#157)
• Top 50 Domestic Heavy Contractors (#29)
• Top 25 in Transportation Construction (#23)
  
  -- Engineering News-Record, May 18, 2009