Mr. Dwight H. Snead was introduced to the landscaping industry by his
father, Grievous Snead, Sr., who supported his wife, eight sons and
six daughters by doing small landscaping jobs. After gaining a wealth
of experience and knowledge by working full-time in the summer months
for his father’s business, Mr. Snead decided to apply to the
University of Massachusetts to major in landscape operations at the
Stockbridge School of Agriculture. After graduating from college, he
stayed in the New England area and worked in the landscaping business
for a sodding company. During his days off, he picked up small
landscaping jobs, which resulted in his leaving the sodding company to
go into business full-time. With the financial help of his father, he
bought a used truck and equipment, and started performing residential
landscaping jobs. In 1967, five years after starting his small firm,
he decided to enter into the commercial landscaping arena.
Subsequently, he brought his equipment to Virginia and rebuilt his
customer base.
In the early 70’s, Mr. Snead was awarded a major contract by the City
of Richmond. This contract provided for the clean-up of water and mud
residue resulting from two major floods in the south Richmond area. By
the 1980’s, Mr. Snead had built his company into one of the area’s
leading grading and site subcontractors performing work for some of
the largest general building and highway construction firms.
In 1991, Mr. Snead gained admission into the U.S. Small Business
Administration’s 8(a) program. This enabled him to solidly position
the company by building ongoing relationships with an array of federal
government agencies. He has since established DSCC as a sought after
industry leader with long-term contracts serving many of the area’s
most prominent public agencies and private companies.
Mr. Snead has received innumerable local, regional and national
awards in him more than thirty years of providing exemplary
professional leadership in the construction industry. He continues to
be active in several construction and minority business organizations,
including the Virginia Regional Minority Suppliers Development
Council, the Metropolitan Business League, and the Central Virginia
Business Contractors Association.