For Immediate Release

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Lily Berman, Marketing Director
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Engineering Firm Announces New Senior Vice President

Chicago, IL — January 23, 2004 - Bowman, Barrett & Associates Inc. (BB&A) announces the promotion of Mark Knobel, SE, from the position of Vice President to Senior Vice President. Knobel joined the firm in 1993 as a Vice President overseeing the Buildings group. He has over 30 years of experience designing residential, industrial, commercial and institutional buildings.

Knobel earned an MSCE and a BSCE from the Institute of Construction Engineering in Odessa, Ukraine. He is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois. Knobel is an active member of the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) and the American Concrete Institute (ACI).

Bowman, Barrett & Associates Inc. is a full service engineering firm founded by Louis Bowman and John Barrett in 1989. With over 80 professionals on the team, BB&A provides professional services to the transportation industry, architects and builders.