The construction industry gathered to celebrate Contractor Assistance Association (CAA) 10th anniversary and to recognize the recipients of its Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Awards.
This article is by Joel Garfinkle, Smart Brief
If you’ve been reading about corporate performance indexes and the factors that have true impact on an organization’s bottom line, you’re no doubt aware of the studies that definitively make the case for including women at the decision-making levels in any organization.
By Oliver Balch, Raconteur
The lack of diversity in construction is a problem. Whether it’s on a building site or at the drafting table, men predominate. And not just any men. Picture the average construction worker and he almost certainly is likely to be white, middle-aged and able bodied.
Whether due to structural prejudice or unconscious bias, the current reality smacks of discrimination
By Lorien Barlow, director-producer of Hard Hatted Woman
Inside filmmaker & tradeswoman advocate Lorien Barlow's Q&A with the company's president & CEO
Written by Kim Slowey, Construction Dive
Federal, state and even city and county agencies have special programs that give qualified minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) and other disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs), such as service-disabled veterans, a chance to bid on and win certain construction projects ranging from small to mega. That is, if they are certified.