BURGH - Key Persons
The owner of Burgh Construction LLC, Dale W. Sickles, has been involved with construction projects for nearly 50 years. Starting with large scale renovations at the early age of 16 led to the construction of single family homes, townhomes, and commercial projects and renovations spanning over 5 decades. Residential and commercial developments are included in his portfolio of accomplishments. He is hands-on, personally engaged in each project, and enjoys the opportunity to work with his clients to create and build their vision. His family is heavily engaged in all facets of the construction business ranging from residential and commercial developers, to steel fabricators, to the construction of office buildings, arenas, and FedEx Distribution Centers.
Dale shared his love of construction with the love of medicine in a teaching and research career at the Medical College of Georgia from 1978 to 2012. He rose up the ranks from Instructor to Full Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Director of Histology, and the Phase 1 Medical School Coordinator. He served on the committee to design the new Medical Education Commons building on the Augusta University downtown campus. He published numerous scientific articles in the field of Neurotoxicology, was the Principal Investigator on multiple National Institutes of Health research grants, and was appointed to the Scientific Review Board of the Environmental Protection Agency. He received Educator of the Year awards throughout his career while educating over 7000 medical students.
Despite his research and teaching successes, he simultaneously ran the family-owned business, GWS Associates, which developed a diverse array of residential and commercial properties. He also created and ran Woodberry LLC; developing and building a luxury townhome community as well as the construction and renovation of single family homes. He shared his energy and passion for helping others by coaching baseball and soccer teams for the Martinez-Evans Little League and Columbia County. He served as President of the Evans High School Athletic Boosters and is on the Board of Trustees at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Retiring from the Medical College in 2012, he returned, full- time, to his love of building by opening a new construction company, Burgh Construction LLC, and functions as the primary contact for Burgh Custom Homes, the residential division of the business. The company name is a shortened version of his hometown Pittsburgh, but also honors the development of burghs (towns), which he feels strongly about. Dale seeks to fill the need of high quality home construction with a personal, family-oriented touch.
Growing up in Augusta, GA, David has built relationships that have lasted a lifetime. One of those relationships was with Dale Sickles (Founder and Owner of Burgh Construction). With over a decade in Commercial Interior & Residential Construction; he has been able to pursue his dream of running a construction company. He strives for customer satisfaction and understanding the needs of his clients. From the beginning, he has worked closely with his clients to be sure they understand the performance of their project and how they can make simple modifications to better enjoy their space. His decade of experience ties in perfectly with the high-quality home building company that Dale Sickles founded.
Construction wasn't his first passion when heading off to college. While away at Georgia Southern University (GSU) he struggled to find his major and the path for his future career, bouncing from Pre-Med to Pre-Law, until Dale offered him a job as a general laborer on one of his townhome projects one Summer. At that point David became determined to forge a career in Residential & Commercial Construction, and upon returning to GSU that Fall he changed his major to Construction Management, with a Minor in Business Administration.
Through this program, David achieved a 4.0 and went on to fulfill his internship at the Savannah River Site with a civil construction company based out of Duluth, GA. Quickly realizing that mass grading was not his calling, he looked for a growing company in Augusta GA. For the next ten years, he worked in the Commercial Interior Contractor and Sales business, growing their customer base and revenues.
David began selling Commercial Building Products to the CSRA market as the American economy was on the upswing. While growing his customer base in sales he worked, during his spare time with Dale Sickles, assisting him with his residential projects. With access to premium building product lines and sales insights David and Dale were able to integrate specific building practices into Burgh Custom Homes.
In late 2016 David's employer sold their distribution business giving Dale Sickles the opportunity and insight to establish the Burgh Construction Commercial Division. David oversees this aspect of the business on a day to day basis and looks to compliment the Residential Division with the same quality products and labor he utilizes for his complex commercial projects.