Sisson, P. (2021). One solution to a shortage of skilled workers? Diversify the construction industry. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/business/dealbook/labor-shortage-diversity.html The solution to a shortage of skilled workers is to diversify. Sisson recounts the struggles endured by underserved groups, specifically women, in their efforts to break into the construction industry. Historically exclusionary hiring practices will […]

Shrestha, B. K., Choi, J. O., Shrestha, P. P., Lim, J., & Nikkhah Manesh, S. (2020). Employment and wage distribution investigation in the construction industry by gender. Journal of Management in Engineering, 36(4), 06020001. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000778 “The construction industry has insufficient interest and participation from women, as well as an existing gender wage gap. To address

Rivera, R. (2010). Building towers, razing sexism. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/jobs/19pre.html After battling a lifetime of  prejudices and landing as the CEO of her own construction company, Roxanne Rivera’s outlook on women’s potential in the construction industry is optimistic. Rivera believes that times have changed since she started out; when she gets emails from

Porter, E. (2021). In Boston, setting a goal for a racially diverse construction work force is one thing. Meeting it has proved more difficult. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/business/economy/unions-race-boston.html The American construction industry is one of the last in the country that offers “good jobs to workers without a college degree.” In Boston Massachusetts, a

Perrenoud, Anthony J, et al. Advancing women in construction: gender differences in attraction and retention factors with managers in the electrical construction industry. Journal of Management in Engineering, vol. 36, no. 5, Sept. 2020, https://doi.org/10.5503/j.me.2011.02. “Representing half of the workforce, women have been consistently underrepresented in the construction industry. Unlike other fields that have improved

Hannon, K. (2020). In a field dominated by men, she’s in charge. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/business/women-electricians.html Tonya Hooks is an accomplished electrician that runs her own business. This article uses anecdotes from Hooks’ career to highlight the discriminatory practices that have historically affected women in the construction industry. The odds are against women starting

Kaufman, J. (2019). The boss? You’re looking at her: 7 women in the building business. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/realestate/the-boss-youre-looking-at-her-7-women-in-the-building-business.html Kaufman illuminates the experience of seven women working in different sectors of the construction industry. Though all of these women have unique stories to tell, they all had to work rigorously to be respected as

Hickey, P. J., & Cui, Q. (2020). Gender diversity in US construction industry leaders. Journal of Management in Engineering, 36(5), 04020069. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000838 “Despite having a US gender population distribution of 50.8% and 21.9% of civil engineering bachelor’s degrees earned in the last 24 years, women are significantly underrepresented in US engineering and construction executive leadership

Hartman, H., Forin, T., Sukumaran, B., Farrell, S., Bhavsar, P., Jahan, K., … & Macey, D. (2019). Strategies for improving diversity and inclusion in an engineering department. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 145(2), 04018016.https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000404 “The Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department at Rowan University is part of a growing and expanding

Hannon, K. (2020). In a field dominated by men, she’s in charge. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/business/women-electricians.html Tonya Hooks is an accomplished electrician that runs her own business. This article uses anecdotes from Hooks’ career to highlight the discriminatory practices that have historically affected women in the construction industry. The odds are against women starting