Hepburn and Sons plans $18.1 million Prince William headquarters, 80 Virginia jobs
Hepburn and Sons LLC plans to invest $18.1 million to establish a new corporate headquarters in Prince William County, a project expected to create 80 new jobs in Virginia and become fully operational by summer 2028.
The Virginia-based engineering and consulting firm’s planned headquarters was announced July 20 by Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office. The project remains a planned expansion: the announcement sets an expected operating date but does not provide a construction start date or say that work is underway.
Planned building and site
The headquarters is planned as an approximately 27,000-square-foot, three-story building. It is intended to serve as an innovation hub for the company’s future defense-technology development.
Prince William County approved the sale of 1.25 acres of county-owned land next to NOVA LIVE in June 2026. That land action preceded the state announcement of the headquarters investment and employment plans.
The announced $18.1 million figure is the company’s planned capital investment in the project. The release does not break out the investment by construction, equipment, land, or other costs, and it does not state a separate price for the county-owned parcel.
Jobs are planned, not yet filled
The project is expected to create 80 new jobs in Virginia. Those positions are planned jobs associated with the expansion, rather than jobs already filled at the new headquarters.
The announcement does not specify the titles, pay, hiring schedule, or start dates for the planned positions. It also does not estimate indirect employment, new defense contracts, revenue, or a broader regional economic impact.
That distinction matters for assessing the development’s near-term effect. The project has an announced investment amount, a planned building size and a target operational date, but it has not been described in the release as completed or operational.
Workforce support identified, amount not disclosed
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership will support job creation through the Virginia Jobs Investment Program, known as VJIP. The program provides recruitment and training assistance to qualifying companies that are creating new jobs or expanding operations.
The state announcement identifies VJIP as part of the project’s workforce support but does not disclose the value of assistance for Hepburn and Sons. As a result, the available information does not establish a dollar amount of public support or characterize the assistance as a cash grant.
The project combines a company investment commitment with county land action and state workforce assistance. The county approved a sale of public land, while VEDP’s identified role is recruitment and training support. The packet does not provide terms of the land sale, a VJIP agreement amount, or other subsidy details.
What happens next
The next stated milestone is the headquarters becoming fully operational by summer 2028. No construction timetable was included in the announcement, and the release does not identify a date for hiring to begin.
For Prince William County and the state, the announced development is tied to a specific $18.1 million investment and 80 planned positions. Those figures remain expectations attached to a future facility, with the project’s progress toward construction, staffing and operation to be determined over the period leading to the summer 2028 target.
Sources
- Governor Spanberger Announces $18+ Million Expansion from Hepburn and Sons in Prince William County, Office of the Governor of Virginia
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