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Barge Design Solutions history
Barge Design Solutions company history timeline
Though they didn’t win the job, in January 1955, a company was born: Barge-Waggoner, Inc.
In July 1955, Ford announced that it was building a $10 million glass plant that would employ 2,500 people in Nashville.
In September 1955, Billy Sumner is named as the third principal of the firm.
In March 1956, the firm's name is officially changed to Barge, Waggoner, and Sumner, Inc.
Hired in December 1957, Harold Fulghum began his BWSC career as a high school graduate hired as an assistant to the print operator.
In September 1962, the Edgehill area flooded, and Barge, Waggoner and Sumner was hired to determine the most feasible solution.
The project was completed in May 1967, and it effectively solved the flooding problem for that part of Nashville.
Barbara’s service was so strong that by the 1970's she had become the company's first female board member.
Construction began in April 1972, the month that the Opryland theme park opened.
Garland Rose, who had been with the company since 1975 in multiple roles, is elected as the new Chairman of the Board.
The 1,100-acre Edgehill Urban Renewal project in Nashville begins and provides steady work until 1980.
Notable projects that used the system in 1983 were the I-40 bridge widenings and Opryland USA's Delta Demon Ride foundations.
By the end of 1983, three more are purchased.
BWSC Nashville occupies 162 Third Avenue North on July 4, 1985.
Jack L. Wood begins as President following a 1986 board approved leadership transition with Dan Barge Jr. stepping aside, and both Billy Sumner and Bill Cannon each spending a year as president.
In celebration of the company's 40th anniversary (1994), the State of Tennessee House of Representatives adopted a resolution to honor and commend BWSC.
Revenue surges to $33 million, an increase of 14% over 1994.
The role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) would later be added (1995) to the duties of Jack Wood, in addition to his role as the company's President.
By 1996, he had advanced all the way up to Chairman of the Board.
Higgins began his career with BWSC as an engineering intern in 1996.
Following a 3-for-1 split in 1998, stock value increases yet again by 10%.
In August 1999, after relocating from Houston, Texas, the Tennessee Titans (formerly Houston Oilers, then Tennessee Oilers) play their first preseason game in their new home at Adelphia Coliseum in downtown Nashville, TN.
The first BWSC Leadership Class was implemented in 1999.
Despite of an already unstable economy and the tragic events of September 11, 2001, BWSC still manages a modest 3% growth in revenue.
Although eventually absorbed by the bigger Knoxville office in 2001, the Morristown office provides 40 years of municipal, industrial, and private work.
BWSC’s work at this site began in 2001, providing design services to help upgrade the site to make it more competitive to attract industry in the global marketplace.
Fulghum retired on January 31, 2003 after 45 years of continuous and distinguished service.
BWSC’s involvement in Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) HOPE IV Nashville would include Sam Levy Homes and John Henry Hale Homes through 2007.
The historic flood of 2010 was a tragedy for Nashville.
He would go on to serve as the company's Chief Financial Officer until his retirement in 2012.
The Music City Center opened in May 2013.
In response to the 2015 Employee Survey, BWSC launches an update to the Corporate Intranet.
The park opened in March 2016, and Cal Ripken described the park as "one of the best facilities he has ever seen."
Construction begins in April and the new office/retail space is completed in November 2017.
Shareholders voted in proxy in resounding favor to change the corporate name to "Barge Design Solutions, Inc." The proxies were tallied with 82% voting to approve the historic name change that would be effective January 1, 2018.
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