STUCK SHIP EVER GIVEN, SUEZ CANAL — MARCH 29, 2021: Satellite image (c) 2020 Maxar Technologies.

Recently, supply chain issues were in the headlines with the challenging Suez Canal backup. With just one ship (The Ever Given) stuck on the canal, it backed up supply lines and cost billions of dollars, per day, in delays.

While this was the most public supply chain hiccup in the past month, it certainly is not the only one.

Every day, the construction industry sees challenges with suppliers and getting the products needed to build our owners visions.  These challenges have been even more prevalent as the Corona virus has wreaked havoc on global economy.

Meet Wilson.  Wilson recently came back to the Bowman team after a few years living out of state.

Today being President’s Day, we thought it only fitting to take a quick look at the construction of an important piece of American History – the Pentagon.

Meet Newell.  Newell’s biggest asset is his personality and he is cool, calm, and collected in the face of a challenge.

Our 2020 newsletter: A year in review and a look ahead to 2021.
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June 18, 2020 – Newport ME – Bowman Constructors has announced that it will be partnering with five local credit unions to support the Campaign for Ending Hunger.

Ahh … the Empire State Building.  Symbol of NYC, of ingenuity, of giant monkey’s who capture young girls and swat airplanes.  Once the tallest building in the world, the Empire State Building has a storied past and an exciting construction history.

The year was 2630 B.C. and while it would make sense for our story, the B.C. does NOT stand for before computers.  We would have to wait a few thousand more years before that modern miracle to arrive.  The place was Saqqara, Egypt. The ruler on the throne was King Djoser.  Back in those days, when a King took the throne, the building of his tomb was to begin almost immediately. Talk about working yourself to death! Therefore, unlike our expedited turnaround times today, our ancient construction ancestors would take 20 – 3o years to construct a building.  This was 20 – 30 years with no safety plan, no technological help, no customer management software, and no modern construction luxury’s.  So, how did they do it!?  How did they build such a massive structure that withstood the sands of time?