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Van Metre Companies Appoints Mike Dunleavy as Chief Executive Officer

FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Van Metre Companies, a privately held real estate development, construction, and investment firm with a more than 70-year history of excellence, today ...
Physics World

The evolution of the metre: How a product of the French Revolution became a mainstay of worldwide scientific collaboration

A metrology revolution: In the 1790s, the Revolutionary government in France installed standard metre lengths made of marble in busy areas around Paris. This is one of the last remaining examples.

Van Metre pitches 247 homes for vacant land on the Prince William border with Haymarket

Fairfax's Van Metre Cos. is under contract to purchase 39 undeveloped acres in western Prince William County with plans for a 247-unit residential community.
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Van Metre Acquires Site for 110 Townhomes at WestEnd, Alexandria's Transformative Redevelopment of the Former Landmark Mall

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Van Metre Land, Van Metre Companies' land acquisition and development business unit, has acquired a 110-townhome development site at WestEnd, the 52-acre ...
The Conversation

150 years ago, the Metre Convention determined how we measure the world — a radical initiative for the time

On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet globally influential treaty in history: the Metre Convention. By the mid-19th ...
Engineering

What is the difference between standard cubic metre and normal cubic metre?

What is the difference between standard cubic metre and normal cubic metre? The only time I have heard standard cubic metres used to distinguish from normal cubic metres is when you are discussing the ...