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Published: July 12th, 2010
Bowen & Watson Supports CEFPI Conference - Platinum Sponsor
Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI)
The fourth annual CEFPI Georgia Chapter Summer Conference at Callaway Gardens was a tremendous success.
Bowen & Watson, Inc. is proud to be a part of such a valuable organization.
Georgia CEFPI, Inc (Council of Educational Facility Planners) is a professional association whose members - individuals, institutions and corporations - are actively involved in planning, designing, building and equipping schools and colleges.
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Published: May 30th, 2010
2010 AGC - Young Leadership Program Charity Golf Tournament
Georgia Branch, AGC Chapter
Bowen & Watson, Inc. proudly supports the 11th Annual Georgia Branch AGC Young Leadership Program's Charity Golf Tournament.
Highest proceeds in 11 year history due to generosity of constuction industry!
Despite a down economy, leaders of the construction industry supported the 11th Annual Young Leadership Program's (YLP) Charity Golf Tournament on May 5 at Chateau Elan in Braselton with record setting giving and player participation.
The event, which called for a 36-hole facility, raised $77,500 in revenue from sponsorships and recruitment of an impressive total of 277 players. After all tournament expenses, this resulted in a net profit of $33,000, which will be placed in teh YLP's Charitable Works Fund! Each year, monies earned from this tournament, which is the Fund's sole fundraiser, specifically support the YLP's mission of working with worthy charitable organizations and causes.
In the past 12 months, the YLP has donated over $12,000 in holiday toys fulfilling the wish list of 85 children in the care of Hillside Hospital, donated $2,000 off canned goods to area food banks, $3,000 to Wreaths Across America, and renovated a young wounded veteran's home, both inside and out, giving him safe and convenient wheelchair access.
The success of this annual golf tournament is critical to maintaining the high level of community involvement and charitable giving the YLP has become accustomed to providing. Members of the YLP and the Georgia Branch, AGC Chapter staff are very appreciative of the generous support provided by all the sponsors and participants.
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Published: May 10th, 2010
Bowen & Watson Project Featured in Publication
Building & Construction Magazine, Southeast
Bowen & Watson's Stephens County High School Addition & Renovation project was recently featured in Building & Construction Southeast's spring edition 2010.
The article, titled Class Reunion, describes how Bowen & Watson Inc. is constructing an addition to and renovation of a Georgia high school it built almost 40 years ago.
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Published: April 2nd, 2010
2010 Build Georgia Award Nominee
Georgia Branch, AGC
The Build Georgia Awards Program, developed by Georgia Branch, AGC, marked it's 21st annual award program to recognize and honor construction excellence and the construction teams for their outstanding performance.
Bowen & Watson, Inc.'s Archer High School was among those nominated for this year's award. Intense planning by the project team, in a tight manpower market, made the Archer High School a success. After overcoming 91,000 yards of rock excavation, the project caught up the lost time quickly and remained on schedule until completion.
Such a large project demanded and received the best personnel from the subcontractors. For many months there were well over 200 men on the job each day. Coordination and safety were paramount. With man-hours in the neighborhood of ½ million, it was remarkable that no lost-time accidents were reported for this project!
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Published: October 14th, 2009
Dacusville school to cost $11 million
Greenville Times Online
It didn't take many minutes Monday afternoon for the Pickens County School Board to unanimously accept a Guaranteed Maximum price of $11,384,252 for the construction of a new Dacusville Elementary School.
The GMP, submitted by Toccoa, GA -based Bowen & Watson, Inc. will even include two additional kindergarten classrooms, according to Bob Folkman, the district's building program administrator.
Folkman told trustees he was "pleased to recommend to the board, without reservation," the GMP submitted by the Toccoa company.
Folkman said Bowen & Watson will soon begin lining up subcontractors, and construction is expected to start on the new school in early December.
The 97,496-square-foot school will be able to handle 750 students, according to the district's Web site.
The school is slated to open in August 2011.
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Published: June 14th, 2009
2009 CEFPI Summer Conference Bronze Sponsor
Georgia CEFPI
Bowen & Watson, Inc. proudly supports the 3rd Annual Georgia CEFPI Summer Conference at Callaway Gardens as a Bronze level sponsor.
Georgia CEFPI, Inc (Council of Educational Facility Planners) is a professional association whose members - individuals, institutions and corporations - are actively involved in planning, designing, building and equipping schools and colleges.
The Council is comprised of a variety of leaders and visionaries who are actively involved in the various phases of school planning. The diversity of it's members is the key to the Council's success, CEFPI members are architects, planners, K-12 administrators, higher education professors, facility maintenance and operations professionals, consultants, construction management firms, manufacturers, suppliers, and state and provincial agency representatives.
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Published: June 9th, 2009
2009 Build GA - Merit Award
Georgia Branch AGC
The Georgia Branch, AGC has announced Bowen & Watson, Inc.'s
Winder-Barrow High School project has received a Merit Award within its category. The winners were announced on June 9, 2009 during Georgia Branch, AGC’s Annual Convention (June 7-10) in Amelia Island, FL at the Amelia Island Plantation. -
Published: February 13th, 2009
Safety Stand Down
In Partnership with the GA Branch AGC
Bowen & Watson partnered with the Georgia Branch, AGC and committed to hold a Safety Stand Down on all its jobsites from 7am-8am on February 13, 2009. The safety topic was Fall Protection. The Georgia Branch, AGC reports
Construction companies, who know the value of safety training, use a Safety Stand Down to stop all work and provide a focused safety toolbox talk meeting on all their jobsites, on one day, at the same time, on one particular topic. This meeting provides effective communication of safety policies, goals and expectations through all levels of a construction team.
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Published: November 25th, 2008
Pickens Co. School District Intends to Award Elementary Schools
The School District of Pickens County South Carolina intends to award Construction Management At-Risk contracts to Bowen & Watson, Inc. for two new elementary schools. One elementary school is located in Dacusville, SC and the other is in the Liberty, SC area. Both projects are in the design phase and are slated to begin in 2009. Bowen & Watson, Inc is very pleased and excited about working with the School District of Pickens County and LS3P Associates architectural firm.
Click here to read a News Release from Pickens County School Board.
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Published: November 3rd, 2008
In Memory of Mr. Troy Bowen - Co-founder
Mr. Troy Bowen 1921-2008
Mr. Troy Bowen passed away Thursday, October 30, 2008. Mr. Bowen was a founding partner of Bowen and Watson, Inc. He was a graduate of Clemson University where he majored in Civil Engineering. Troy L. Bowen, Sr. and Harold L. Watson established Bowen & Watson, Inc. in 1956. Both men had worked in the construction industry all their lives before joining to form what has become one of the oldest and largest general contracting firms in Northeast Georgia.
Mr. Bowen was a former Mayor of Toccoa and was also a former member of the City Council and a former member of the Toccoa School Board. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII in the European Theatre as a 1st Lieutenant. He was a recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
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Published: November 3rd, 2008
New Contracts Awarded
Bowen & Watson, Inc. was awarded a $2,865,943 CM-at-Risk contract for Oconee Elementary School Renovation in Watkinsville, Georgia. Construction is now underway and the project will be complete by May 2009.
Bowen & Watson, Inc. was also awarded the contract for the Oconee County High School Practice Gym in the amount of $2,814,300. Construction has just begun and will be complete by September 2009.
Work is now underway at the Woody Gap Gymnasium in Suches, Georgia. Bowen & Watson, Inc. was awarded the CM-at-Risk contract for the amount of $9,985,510. The new Woody Gap Gymnasium will be completed by July 2009.
Phase I Sitework of the Stephens County High School Addition project is well underway and is expected to finish by March 2009. The remaining Work Packages are slated to bid around January 2009. Be sure to check the Jobs Bidding portion of our website for additional information.
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Published: June 15th, 2008
Bowen & Watson Sponsors 2008 Leadership Conference Family Barbeque
Pioneer RESA
The 20th annual Pioneer RESA Leadership Conference was held at Brasstown Valley Resort in Young Harris June 12-15, 2008. This conference brings together over 200 participants including school superintendents, county office personnel, school principals, teachers and other educational leaders from 13 school systems in Northeast Georgia including Banks, Dawson, Franklin, Gainesville, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White and four colleges including North Georgia College and State University, Gainesville State College, Lanier Technical College and North Georgia Technical College. Bowen & Watson, Inc. was proud to sponsor the Family Barbeque for the fourth consecutive year! For more information about Pioneer RESA, please visit their website: http://www.pioneerresa.org
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Published: June 10th, 2008
2008 Build Georgia Award
Georgia Branch, Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.
The Georgia Branch, AGC has announced Bowen & Watson, Inc.'s Kings Bridge Middle School project has been awarded Honorable Mention within its category. The winners were announced at the Georgia Branch, AGC Annual Convention in Destin, Florida on June 10, 2008.
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Published: June 10th, 2008
Bowen & Watson Supports CEFPI Summer Conference 2008
Bowen & Watson, Inc. was proud to support the Georgia Chapter of CEFPI's Summer Conference 2008.
The Georgia Chapter of CEFPI (Council of Educational Facilty Planners) is a professional association whose members - individuals, institutions and corporations - are actively involved in planning, designing, building and equipping schools and colleges. Topics this year included: Georgia DOE Facilities, Historic Buildings, Design and Construction Teams, Water Conservation, School Security, Physical Environment Impact, Construction Law, Technology in Schools as well as Round Table discussions with the speakers. -
Published: April 3rd, 2008
Roof of the Year Award
Architectural Metal Systems
Bowen & Watson Wins 1st & 2nd Place 1st Place Winner: East Jackson County Comprehensive High School 2nd Place: Kings Bridge Middle School Winners were selected by a panel of judges in the metal systems industry and will be published in an effective sales brochure and CD to help us better serve our clients. The top three designs in the roofing category were honored, with the Roof of the Year as the ultimate award. Bowen & Watson, Inc. took first and second place!
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Published: April 2nd, 2008
Bowen & Watson, Inc. Ranked 96th in the Southeast in 2006
Southeast Construction Magazine
Southeast Construction presents its eighth annual Top Contractors ranking. This year, the ranking has slightly more than 160 firms listed, and a record $33.1 billion in collective revenue represented. That?s up from the $29.7 billion in 2006 revenue that was reported on last year?s ranking. For the complete story, check out the link below: www.southeast.construction.com/features/archive/0804_cover.asp
