Events & Workshops

On Friday, March 28th, 2025, we celebrated our Bowens Women in Trade Event 2025 – Accelerate Action at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne. Attendees connected with an impressive line-up of influential and inspiring women in the industry. Participants enjoyed engaging workshops and demonstrations, experienced live entertainment, and had a comfortable space to sit, relax and unwind throughout the afternoon and evening of 

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We celebrated the grand opening of our newest location at 149-169 Barries Rd, Melton West with a FREE community event. Builders explored our impressive 30,000sqm² Superstore – our biggest store to date! Visitors enjoyed live product demonstrations, delicious food and drinks, free merchandise, and the chance to connect with other local tradespeople.

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Bowens hosted free Pro Clima workshops in 2024, which provided the builder with hands on experience installing wall membranes and tapes – ensuring their future jobs met NCC compliance.

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Bowens hosted hands-on wedi workshop’s which taught installers to build a complete waterproof shower system in just 2 hours instead of the traditional 4 days. Upon completion, participants become wedi certified installers, qualifying them for a 10-year manufacturing warranty on the entire system.

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On Wednesday 11th of September Bowens Building + Innovation Expo returned!

The FREE event gave attendees access to live product demonstrations and seminars, expert advice from industry specialists, and in-depth knowledge about innovative products. It also included free food and drinks, exclusive specials, free giveaways, and the chance to WIN a brand-new Toyota Hilux!

Catch up on all the things that made the event one for the books!

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In July 2024, Bowens offered new Trade Account applicants the chance to win $1,000 in trade credit. Applicants who singed up between July 1st 2024 – July 31st 2024 and were approved were automatically entered into the draw. The promotion highlighted the benefits of a Bowens Trade Account, including 30-day interest-free credit, negotiable pricing, and access to exclusive events. The winner was randomly selected and announced on the 15th of August 2024.

Stay tuned for future promotions!

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Bowens hosted 13 NCC Workshops across the network. This series provided information around products and services that will help builders solve issues that may arise with the latest NCC changes and implementations.

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We celebrated the grand opening of our newly refurbished, bigger, and better Belmont store with a FREE community event. Builders enjoyed live demonstrations, delicious food and drinks, free merchandise, and the chance to connect with other local tradespeople.

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Bowens Hastings had its grand opening celebration with a FREE community event.! Builders could enjoy live demonstrations, FREE food and drinks, FREE merchandise, and the chance to get to know other local builders and trades.

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100 builders and trades around the Gippsland area were invited to Meet Me at Bowens Warragul on Thursday, September 14, from 2 to 4 pm.

Hosted by John Bowen and aligning with the R U OK? Day, this event gave them access to the latest NCC Changes and industry solutions.

We welcomed over 500 builders and trades to the Bowens Women in Trade event at the Timber Yard, Port Melbourne. Together with 5 panellists, we’ve had many empowering discussions about breaking the bias in the building and construction industries.

“The more equal we are, the better we’ll be.”

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We welcomed over 150 builders and trades to our Bowens Cheltenham Opening Celebration. As one of our newest stores across Bowens network, we’re looking forward to helping you find the right product at every stage of your project.

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Over 200 builders and trades from the Mornington Peninsula attended our Bowens Hastings Opening event. After a long rebuild process, the staff were beyond excited to show off their new facility to the local builders.

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Bowens celebrated the opening of its 17th store, located in Warragul with more than 300 builders and trades. As one of our newest and biggest stores, Bowens Warragul will play an important role in giving local builders access to our quality building supplies.

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In these workshops, builders had a chance to learn the necessary techniques and procedures to easily install roofing shingles.

For more information about the All American Roofing (AAR) workshop, please contact our Product Innovation Specialist Andrew Healey at [email protected]

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The wedi training focused on hands-on training where we built a fully waterproof Shower in 2 hours vs the traditional 4 days.

For more information about wedi workshops, please contact our Product Innovation Specialist Andrew Healey at [email protected]

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The long-awaited Bowens Building and Innovation Expo 2022 returned to Melbourne on Wednesday, 7 September 2022 to celebrate the newest and most innovative products now available to builders across the industry.

Read more about how the day went, the big winners and how the game is changing for Australian builders.

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Bowens hosted the Women in Trade event for the second year in a row celebrating International Women’s Day, and working to #BreakTheBias in the construction industry. 

Catch the full event recap in the link below.

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