Articles Tagged with ''women in AEC''

The Southern Ontario Chapter of IIBEC is hosting its first National Women and Student Building Sciences Forum to bring awareness to this sector. The 3 hour virtual forum will provide everyone with a highlight of the diverse and exciting careers available in the building envelop industry.

Seeking to achieve greater representation of women in such fields as architecture, engineering and construction, the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation hosted their Industry Leaders Roundtable, from March 24 to 25.

Hilary Kinder Bertsch, Barbara Mullenex, and Supriya Thyagarajan accept new leadership roles.

The PCI Industry Diversity Committee formed four years ago to provide programming to celebrate women in the precast concrete industry. Its mission is to create awareness around the value of diversity and an atmosphere of inclusivity in the precast, prestressed concrete industry. 

Did you know that women make up 51 percent of the population, yet there are less than 2 percent of women working in construction?

There’s an old adage that says, “women can do anything men can do,” and for the 1.2 million U.S. women currently employed in the male-dominated world of construction, that statement couldn’t be any more true. 

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, Building Enclosure wanted to highlight some leaders within the AEC industry to hear their thoughts on women in the workplace and breaking barriers for the future generations of female architects, engineers and contractors.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance announced the retirement of stalwart industry leader Marg Webb, after 22 years in the glass industry.

The fifth annual NWiR Day is the premier conference for multidisciplinary women professionals in the roofing industry to get together to learn about the latest business strategies and tactics and share their secrets to success.