Bob Bowen PortraitDr. Robert L. (Bob) Bowen, P.E. was inducted into Indianapolis Public School’s Hall of Fame in October.  Bob, a 1957 graduate of Shortridge High School, earned a degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.  He founded Bowen Engineering Corporation in 1967.

The Hall of Fame was founded to honor IPS graduates who, through their life achievements, inspire all future IPS graduates to work hard and be successful.

Read more about all the 2009 inductees here.

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Bowen’s relationship with American Water continues to grow as they announced October 1, 2009 their award of the operation and maintenance of the water and the wastewater systems at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and Fort Meade, Maryland. The fifty year contracts include a significant capital upgrade program that Bowen will perform for American Water – Military Services Group. This work is in addition to work Bowen is already supporting American Water on for Ft. Rucker, Alabama and Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Read more

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Bowen Delivers Three More Water Plants For Indiana American Water

October 2nd, 2009  |  David Wrightsman  |  Project Updates

London Road Ribbon Cutting Photo #1On August 5th and 6th , 2009 Bowen held ribbon cutting ceremonies for three water treatment plants recently completed for Indiana American Water. The Davis Ferry and Happy Hollow plants are located in West Lafayette, IN and the London Road facility is in Shelbyville, IN. All were fast-track design-build projects awarded to Bowen in 2008 and completed 15 months later.  These mirror a similar project Bowen did for Indiana American Water in 1996 with three facilities in Crawfordsville, Franklin and Noblesville. Read more

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October 2009 Zero Injury Retreat (Photos)

October 2nd, 2009  |  Jeff Purdue  |  Zero Injury

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Knoxville Team Hosts Charity Golf Outing

October 2nd, 2009  |  Matt Gentry  |  Our Community

Golf BallBowen’s Knoxville team recently organized a highly successful golf outing with proceeds benefiting East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.  This was a repeat performance for the Knoxville team, as they also conceived, planned and hosted this event successfully in 2008.

This year’s outing raised over $24,500, bringing the two year total to over $40,000.   See photos by reading more! Read more

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SunCoke Team Celebrates 128,000 Injury-Free Hours

October 1st, 2009  |  Tim Barnett  |  Zero Injury

You just know success when you see it.

Granite City, IL:  It doesn’t take you very long to walk onto a jobsite and determine whether or not it is successful.  At Bowen, a successful job is defined as one that delights our client with safe, quality production and, most importantly, finishes with zero injuries. Read more

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Conducting Powerful 1-1 Meetings

October 1st, 2009  |  Tim Barnett  |  Leadership, Video

Time is the most important thing you can give to the people on your team.  Here is a brief video that we produced to help Bowen’s mentors pack added punch into their monthly one-to-one meetings with direct reports.

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