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.

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.

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?

We think that our partners and subcontractors are pretty awesome! It takes a village to build a school and our project in Caribou is a HUGE undertaking. We could not accomplish such things without our friends. Thank you to the following businesses for working with us to make sure that Eastern Aroostook RSU 39 gets an amazing new educational facility.

We all know the story.  We’ve heard it from the time we were little tykes to … well … I am sure you’ve heard it this year.  Here is OUR take on the classic Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Presents:
“Twas the Night Before Christmas – Construction Edition”

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the site,
not a worker was working, well, because it was night.

BANGOR, MAINE – Sky Villa, LLC., the Hampden based development company, has announced that Bowman Constructors has been hired to complete renovations at One Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor.

“I’m proud that Bowman Constructors will be completing the renovations at One Merchants Plaza,” said David St. Germain, owner of Sky Villa LLC. “I am eager to have the major construction concluded to welcome CES, Inc. into their new headquarters and for all of the building improvements done that benefit all of the building tenants.”

Bowman Constructors is thrilled to have had the opportunity to sponsor and play at the 24th annual Scramble for Scholars held by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce.  The event took place on September 6th at the BEAUTIFUL Samoset Resort in Rockland, ME.  While more photos will be posted shortly, we couldn’t help but share some of the incredible views from the day.