The Crowder Timeline

1947 O.P. and Bill Crowder found Crowder Construction Company

1954 Crowder builds its first bridge for Charlotte, NC

1957 Crowder builds its first wastewater treatment plant for Eagel Yarns in Belmont, NC

1964 Crowder builds its first water treatment plant for Denton, NC.

1968 Crowder enters industrial market at Riegel Paper Mill in Riegelwood N.C.

1981 Crowder contracts to build $69 million Richard B. Russell Hydroelectric Power Plant in Georgia.

1991 Crowder purchases assets of RJR Mechanical in Spartanburg SC.

1996 Crowder performs civil construction on Lincoln County Combustion Turbine for Duke Power.

1998 Crowder builds self-perform electrical capabilities

2002 Crowder completes $46 million water treatment plant project for Cary, NC.

In 1947, brothers O. P. and W.T. Crowder had everything it took to manage and complete their first project, a church sidewalk. In less than a decade, they developed a team of 40 employees to undertake Crowder's first major highway construction project, a bridge in Charlotte, NC.

Crowder is still a family owned company under the leadership of Otis and Bill Crowder, the sons of O.P. and W.T. Crowder since 1984. Crowder, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, has grown to become one of the most respected general contractors in the Southeast.

Today Crowder has expanded into a multi-division company with over 600 full-time employees. Crowder has built major interstate highway interchanges, complex industrial processing plants and major water and wastewater treatment facilities throughout the Southeast.

O.P and W.T Crowder laid the foundation for excellence. Their mission was to build high-quality projects through integrity and commitment to their customer's satisfaction. Today, those high standards remain the foundation of our Company.

“We have ALWAYS preferred to be known by our word and actions. At Crowder Construction Company, the two are the same . . . We give you our word.”

- Otis Crowder & Bill Crowder