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Nikki Olson, Safesite

The topic of diversity is increasingly popular in the construction industry. Whether it’s executive teams talking about future visions and leadership opportunities or hiring managers looking for new talent in a progressively shrinking candidate pool, construction companies increasingly realize that diversity impacts every area of their business.

Johanna Knapschaefer and Debra K. Rubin, ENR

The ACE Mentor program is rallying AEC firm support for a new effort to ensure that more industry-underrepresented engineering and construction students in college level programs earn degrees and start industry careers. Academic data show that just 10% earned degrees, on average, with just 50% doing so at some universities in the best-case scenarios.

Tim Milam, Construction Executive

Joe Bousquin, Construction Dive

Diversity and inclusion goals on construction projects have made a lot of news recently.

AGC

First Round of Scholarship Awards Will Be Made for the 2022-23 School Year, Annually After That as Part of Broader Effort to Make the Construction Industry More Diverse and Inclusive

Construction Employers Association (CEA) wrapped up their celebration of women in construction during Women’s History Month with two workshops that focused on how to advance women in the industry. 

Kimberly Chapmon-Wynne, MBA, founder of Mosaic Insights Consulting, conducted a one titled “Gender Microaggressions: How Women Can Ally For Each Other” at CEA on March 23. 

Nancy Collamer, MarketWatch

Women of Color (WOC) are one of the fastest-growing demographics in American corporations. Yet despite their growing presence, many still struggle to flourish in the workplace.

As the first Indian-American woman to make partner at global services firm Deloitte, Deepa Purushothaman knows how challenging it can be for “the first, the few and the only.”

Rhonda Crowder, Properties Magazine

With an aging workforce, diversification of the regional economy and the educational system's focus on college paths, there is a growing skills shortage in Northeast Ohio's construction and building trades industry. Consequently, these factors threaten Greater Cleveland's economic growth and prosperity by hindering employers who need motivated, skilled tradespersons. 

Joe Bousquin, Construction Dive

Gilbane doubled down on its industry-wide push for more diversity in construction, committing $4 billion in contract awards to underrepresented firms over the next five years, including veteran, minority and women-owned businesses.