Bowie High School | Bowie, Texas

Last week we shared with you the new athletic facility for Bowie High School. Bowie is a small town located conveniently at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 287, U.S Highway 81 and Texas Highway 59. Only a little over an hour from the Dallas Fort Worth area, Bowie is a town full of a lot of heart, and exceptional school facilities.

In 2009, construction completed on the brand new 127,061 gross square feet of new facilities including the 8,750 square foot concession and dressing areas at the athletic facility, and 11,847 square foot vocational center. The academic feature in the high school include 24 general academic classrooms, 5 computer labs, 4 science labs, food lab, sewing lab, art lab, drama lab with practice stage, cafeteria with lecture area, band hall, choir hall, library and distance lerning center with secondary exterior entrance for after-hours.

Also included in the new high school is a varsity gymnasium with seating for 989, practice gymnasium with viewing from varsity gymnasium and electric operated telescopic seating for 300 and athletic dressing areas with individual team rooms.

The total cost for all of the facilities at Bowie High School came to $15,818,609.00 - or $124.50 per square foot. This project could not have been this successful without the help of a great architectural and construction team.

Architecture & Civil/Structural Engineering: CADCO Architects-Engineers, Inc. - Abilene, Texas
Engineering Consultants: Maloney Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc. - Hurst, Texas (Mechanical/Plumbing), Yaggi Engineering, Inc. - Arlington, Texas (Electrical), Coker Engineering, LLC. - Keller, Texas (Fire Protection)
Construction Manager: Buford-Thompson Company - Arlington, Texas
And of course, we can't leave out the great people at Bowie Independent School District.

New Athletic Facilities - Bowie ISD | Bowie, Texas

In May of 2007, the community of Bowie, Texas passed a bond for a new high school, vocational, and athletic facilities to meet the district's ever growing needs. This would move their high school to a new location, proudly showing off their pride from highway 287 for all those passing through. The city wanted to make it clear to all people, the value they place on students and state-of-the-art education.

One small part of the bond was a new athletic facility to include a new turf football field, track, stadium lighting, stadium seating, press box, restrooms, home and visitor concessions, home and visitor dressing rooms, official dressing rooms, and a main entrance gate with ticket booth.

Here you can see the stadium and stadium lighting from the front of the school.

The project went up smoothly and quickly thanks to a top-notch contractor and client.


Architecture & Civil/Structural Engineering: CADCO Architects-Engineers, Inc. - Abilene, Texas
Engineering Consultants: Maloney Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc. - Hurst, Texas (Mechanical/Plumbing), Yaggi Engineering, Inc. - Arlington, Texas (Electrical), Coker Engineering, LLC. - Keller, Texas (Fire Protection)
Construction Manager: Buford-Thompson Company - Arlington, Texas
And of course, we can't leave out the great people at Bowie Independent School District.

Stayed tuned next week for more photos of the 127,060 square foot high school, including two gymnasiums.