Chesapeake – MEB General Contractors has been selected for construction of the Virginia Zoo’s $16.5 million “Asia –Trail of the Tiger” exhibit. This exhibit will further establish the Virginia Zoo as a world class organization while increasing educational opportunities for Hampton Roads residents and tourists, and further developing its participation in conservation programs that protect the welfare of animals.

The project is located near the Zoo entrance & Compass Rose Plaza and will include ponds, streams, rockwork walls, timber poles, bamboo pavilions, boardwalks and new animal exhibits for Sumatran tigers, tapirs, sun bears, orangutans, gibbons, siamangs and otters. The exhibit is designed by L. Azeo Torre, President of Torre Design Consortium, Ltd in New Orleans, who also designed the 2002 Africa exhibit. Completion is scheduled for 2010.

“This project is further testimony of MEB’s ability to build landmark structures of all types and sizes throughout the Hampton Roads region,” said Mark Olmstead, MEB’s Senior Vice President and Project Manager for the Asia Exhibit. “We’re extremely excited to be selected for this unique project, and trust it will be just as successful as our previously completed Africa Exhibit.”

MEB General Contractors, with offices in Chesapeake and Richmond, is one of the most experienced providers of construction services in the Hampton Roads region, the Commonwealth of Virginia and throughout the Mid-Atlantic. With over $160 million in annual revenue, MEB has a diverse construction portfolio that includes all types of commercial, industrial, government and heavy civil projects. MEB’s list of clients includes PHR Goldkey, Marathon Development, Liberty Property Trust, S.L. Nusbaum Realty, Raytheon, Luna Innovations, Chartway Federal Credit Union, Smithfield Foods, Gwaltney, Phillip Morris, Caterpillar/Carter Machinery, Virginia Natural Gas and Blackhawk Products Group, as well as numerous state and local government agencies.

For more information on MEB, call 757-487-5858 in Chesapeake, (804) 521-0730 in Richmond, or visit their web site at www.mebgc.com.