1957
Founded by Charles R.
(Chicken) Fite
1963
First Design-Build industrial project manufacturing facility for ITT(International Telephone & Telegraph)
1964
Started Owen’s Engineering Company, our in-house architectural/engineering company and formed one of the first design-build firms in the nation
1974
Awarded design and construction contract for FULLER BRUSH to consolidate multiple manufacturing facilities into one fully integrated facility in Great Bend, Kansas
1975
Awarded the first Construction Management contract to manage a public school building program in the State of Tennessee
1983
First Design Build Lease project
1985
Awarded nationally sought design-build contract for 1M square foot, highly automated distribution facility for General Motors in Fort Worth, Texas
1990
Entrance into the steel industry with the design and construction of 3 turnkey steel galvanizing facilities including facilities for U.S. Steel, Kobe Steel, and Bethlehem/National Steel.
1999
Awarded contact to build Kinder Morgan power facility first combined cycle power facility -
Self performed 100% of the work
2001
Entry into Cement Industry with award of Holcim Cement in
Birmingham, Alabama
2006
Introduced LEAN Design and Construction practices on H&M projects