Gilbane Building Company - Tue February 06, 2024
Gilbane Building Company Expands Rising Contractor Program, Building Opportunities for Diverse Businesses
Gilbane Building Company, a global, family-owned construction management firm, announced the expansion of its Rising Contractor program, a 12-week program designed to build capacity in minority-owned, women-owned, disadvantaged, LGBTQ and veteran-owned construction companies....
Superior Construction - Wed January 17, 2024
Superior's Inaugural Women in Construction Class Graduates From Innovative Pilot Program
Superior Construction announced the 11 women selected to take part in its inaugural Superior Women in Construction (SWiC) initiative have graduated from the program. Designed in collaboration with certified executive and team coach Dale Beaman and featured on the Women Talk Construction podcast, the internal program was developed to identify motivated individuals within the company and remove the barriers these women, and others like them, have faced in their effort to advance in an industry in which they're chronically underrepresented....
West Side Tractor - Thu December 07, 2023
West Side Tractor Receives National Women's Business Enterprise Certification
West Side Tractor, a John Deere construction and forestry equipment dealership, has secured certification as a National Women's Business Enterprise by the Midwest Women's Business Council, a regional certifying partner of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)....
Volvo Trucks - Thu November 09, 2023
Volvo Trucks North America Honored for its Leadership Supporting Advancement of Women in Trucking Industry
Volvo Trucks North America demonstrated its commitment to increasing gender diversity in the traditionally male-dominated commercial trucking industry with a significant sponsorship and presence at the 2023 Accelerate! Conference & Expo, hosted by the Women in Trucking Association, November 5-8, 2023, in Dallas, Texas....
Volvo - Mon October 16, 2023
Volvo Group Hosting Online Forum to Network With Women in STEM Careers
Volvo Group is hosting a digital forum open to the public October 26 called #tecHER that is aimed at empowering women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The interactive, online event will give attendees a chance to network and meet role models in STEM careers, which have a large gender imbalance....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 26, 2023
Jacobsen Names Its First Ever VP of Construction Innovation
Heather Soderquist was recently named Jacobsen Construction's first ever vice-president of construction innovation, so it must follow that she's pretty sharp about all the new technology transforming the industry....
Outdoor Power Equipment Institute - Mon July 24, 2023
Equip Expo Offers Opportunities for Women in Green Industry to Connect, Grow
Approximately 20 percent of the more than 25,000 attendees and exhibitors who attend Equip Exposition, the international landscape, outdoor living and equipment exposition, are women. Now a new event at Expo — the inaugural Women's Leadership Reception — will help them connect and build their industry network....
TxDOT - Tue July 11, 2023
TxDOT Celebrates Lone Star State Women in Engineering
The number of women in key leadership positions at TxDOT is on the rise as TxDOT celebrates International Women in Engineering Day. The agency's rural Atlanta District is home to a number of women who are licensed professional engineers — and just last year — Rebecca Wells was selected as the first woman to lead district operations....
Associated Press - Tue May 30, 2023
Golden State Warriors Give Construction Business Lift
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) In a red hooded sweatshirt, hard hat and a pair of well-loved work boots, LaSonia Mansfield heads out alongside her daughter and forewoman, Deja Stocks, to survey the expansive construction site she is responsible for keeping safe and clean....
Skanska - Tue May 16, 2023
Skanska USA North Texas Office Hosts Construction Event
Skanska USA Building North Texas office hosted more than 30 students from the Young Women's Leadership Academy (YWLA) for a Day of Discovery. During the half-day event, the Skanska team introduced students to the careers available in architecture, engineering and construction, along with a panel discussion comprised of Skanska's women in construction....
