William Owens established Owens Construction in 1982. The company is now the premier residential design / build contractor in the northern Columbus area, with a focus in Upper Arlington, Worthington and Powell. Owens Construction has received numerous design awards locally and nationally, including the Central Ohio Better Business Bureau’s Business Integrity Award.
Awards & Achievements
- Graduate of Miami University (1980)
- Member of the Building Industry Association (BIA) of Central Ohio since 1987
- Service on the BIA of Central Ohio Board of Trustees since 1998, where he was Builder Vice President (2001), Senior Vice President (2002) and President (2003)
- Chair of the local Remodelers Council (1998)
- Certified Graduate Remodeler (CGR) designation (1998)
- Local association representative to the National Association of Home Builders Board of Directors
- Named “Remodeler of the Year” by the BIA of Central Ohio (1999, 2000 and 2003)
- Service on the Ohio Home Builders Association Board of Trustees since 1999
- Co-chair (2004) and current area VP for the state Remodelers Council
- Trustee and 2002 chair of the 6,000-member NAHB Remodelers Council
- Charter member of the NAHB Remodeler 20 Club
- Chair of the CGR Board of Governors
- Chair of the Home Builders Institute’s committee to rewrite the CGR Project Management I & II courses and co-writer of the CGR Design-Build course
- Winner of the 1998 NAHB CADRE Council Chair of the Year Award
- Service on the Executive Committee of CAPS, the NAHB Remodelers Council’s Certified Aging in Place designation
- Member of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies – Remodeling Futures Steering Committee
- Past chair of the CGR Board of Governors
- Past chair of the CAPS Board of Governors
- Member of the State of Ohio, Residential Code Advisory Committee, Board of Building Standards
- Winner of the 2007 Homes for Life Award
- Winner of two National Senior Housing Awards
- Member of the Big 50 Remodelers
- Named as a Top 25 Remodeler in Columbus (2007)
- Philanthropic work including Habitat for Humanity
- Support for the USMC Reserve
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