The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling for renewed focus on improving gender diversity across engineering to help deliver the economic recovery. Engineering employers were already reporting a serious shortfall in recruits before the [read more…]
The construction industry has made significant progress in terms of gender equality. The traditionally male dominated field has made efforts to open its doors to a greater variety of people, offering women the chance to [read more…]
When it comes to construction sites, it’s still very much a man’s world. But that is something leading housebuilder Persimmon Homes is keen to change – and the company’s only female site manager, Jade Simmons, [read more…]
As a business committed to helping create an environment which drives greater diversity and inclusion, Aggregate Industries recently held a series of ‘Women in Construction Micro-Learning Sessions’ on personal brand development to mark International Women’s [read more…]
Construction is still not a career choice amongst many young women and there are long-held perceptions of the industry being manual, male-orientated and extremely dirty. Wates Construction is working alongside asset manager and commercial property [read more…]
With it being International Day of Women and Girls working in Science last week. Claire Spillane, Finance Director at Westermans International, looks at the state of play and why we need to encourage more women into welding [read more…]
Emma Porter has been named the new Managing Director of Story Contracting’s Construction Division. Since returning to the business in April 2019, Emma has taken the reins of the division, leading the team to deliver [read more…]
Coinciding with International Women in Engineering Day (23 June), Story Contracting formed a ‘Women in Story’ working group to drive forward the company’s commitment to create an inclusive and diverse business as part of its [read more…]
The UK construction sector employs around 3m people of which only 13% are women – a proportion that has barely risen since the recession in 2008. However, the opportunities for women in construction remain rich [read more…]
GMB, the construction union, has revealed it will take nearly 200 years to achieve gender equality in the construction industry. The analysis, revealed at GMB’s annual Congress in Brighton today (Tuesday 11 June), shows at [read more…]
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