When construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge in 1933, concern for worker safety was a rarity. This video highlights the vision of Joseph Strauss, the chief engineer in charge of overall design and construction of the bridge project. Strauss incorporated safety measures on a scale never before conceived in the construction industry. Click here to [...] […]
Bowen Engineering Project Manager Holly Tank and Superintendent Brad Wiggins have given their community a gift that will serve generations of outdoors enthusiasts. Holly, Brad and their team designed and built a bridge for Wolf Run Regional Park in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The bridge connects 25 acres of grassland trails not previously available to the public. Holly and Brad inspire us with their concern for the community in which they live!
Bowen Project Managers help their clients and teams navigate the path to success. This video follows Project Manager Matt Gentry as he helps his team achieve victory on multiple projects.
From left: Julie and Doug Bowen, keynote speaker Terry Bradshaw, Jim Ankrum, Bob and Terry Bowen
Community service is an important part of our family culture here at Bowen, and Big Brothers Big Sisters is a cause close to our hearts. In October, we attended an annual dinner supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana. We, along with 850 others guests, worked together to raise $250,000 to support the goal of serving 1,200 local boys and girls with positive adult mentors.
We were thrilled to be a part of such a successful effort.
Learn more about Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana here.
Bowen Engineering recently joined forces with the City of Indianapolis and others to replace an important walking bridge in Juan Solomon Park. The 100-foot-long bridge replaces a concrete one that floodwaters washed out in 2001 at the 41-acre park. The bridge was the only access to 22 acres of parkland across the creek.
Hats off to Bowen Project Manager Bill Lamkin and Team for leading the way!
Knoxville Team Raises $15,000 For Children’s Hospital
Bowen Engineering’s Knoxville office hosted its inaugural charity golf outing supporting the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital on October 20th.The event was played at Gettysvue Country Club and was a huge success in that Bowen raised over $15,000 for the hospital!Bowen reached out to all of its key partners for sponsorships and teams.A total of 32 sponsors and 15 Teams contributed .
Ever wonder what it is like to be responsible for the success of a major construction project? This video follows Superintendent Pat Johnston on a typical day on a Bowen project site.
The latest in a series of safety awareness posters was recently distributed to all Bowen project sites and offices. The poster features photographs of the children of our employees. We think they present a pretty compelling case for working safely and watching out for one another.
Sure, we’re proud of the business side of our success at Bowen. When a Bowen project team descends upon a project, the professionalism and expertise of our people are what our clients identify as the Bowen Difference Maker. It is really exciting when the opportunity arises to see this level of passion for service applied to community service projects.
As a Protégé in Bowen’s Leadership Challenge Workshop, the Community Project Challenge portion of the year-long leadership program was daunting at first mention. The Community Project Challenge requires each Protégé to lead a major community service project. This requires the identification of an appropriate opportunity, the organization and scheduling of the effort, the recruitment of help to accomplish set goals, the execution of the project and finally the reporting back to the group of what the effort accomplished. In the course of our workshop sessions, it became clear to me that I had been ‘waiting for permission’ to spend time helping in the community – there was and is always plenty to do at work and at home! But shortly after the challenge was announced, the opportunity called.
What does a leader look like? We spotted another one recently on a Bowen project site. Mike Wiencek is a Bowen superintendent that deserves snaps for his ability to lead by enabling others to act, a key behavior in all great leaders.
