Tag: WomenInConstruction
Over 530 Students Attend Eastern Mass. Girls in Trades Event
by Anastasia Barnes and Emily Langner On Nov. 13, the fourth annual Massachusetts Girls in Trades Eastern Mass Conference and Career Fair was held at IBEW Local 103 in Boston. Over 530 career and technical education (CTE) high school students attended the event that included speeches by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn […]
Fulfilling a Mission to Recruit and Promote Women in the Trades
by Emily Langner On episode 18 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia talked with Elizabeth Skidmore, a business representative with the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (NASRCC), and co-founder of the Policy Group on Tradeswomen’s Issues (PGTI). Thanks in large part to the PGTI and its stakeholders, including working tradeswomen, construction companies, labor union officials, […]
‘Brick Lady’ Inspires Next Generation of Tradeswomen
by Emily Langner On Dec. 11, Lynn Donohue DiPetta, territory manager at Consolidated Brick, will receive her 40-year pin from the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 3 Boston. After becoming the first and only female member of the Bricklayers Local 39 in 1979, she will again make history as the first woman to celebrate 40 […]
PWC Boston 2019-20 Board of Directors
Boston –The Boston Chapter of Professional Women in Construction (PWC Boston) announced its transition of officers and board of directors after its first full year in operation. Formed through the collective effort of seasoned AEC professionals, the chapter’s mission is to connect, promote, and advance women in the AEC industry, and actively engages women and […]
Rachael Montosi Honored
Boston – Rachael Montosi, senior project manager at Kaplan Construction, has been named one of the 2019 Women in Construction by the editorial board at Constructech Magazine. Recipients were honored at the fifth annual awards dinner in Chicago in August. Montosi has 15 years of experience in the construction industry. In addition to developing and […]
PWC CT Announces 2019-2020 Board of Directors
Hartford, CT – The Professional Women in Construction Connecticut Chapter (PWC CT) recently welcomed their new board of directors for the 2019-2020 program year, which began on July 1st. Board officers and directors are elected by the PWC CT chapter members. Roxanne Perugino, LEED, ID & C, of STV-DPM, a client-oriented owner’s representative consulting […]
Registration Now Open for WiMI Conference
Chicago – MCAA and MSCA will be hosting the first Women in the Mechanical Industry Conference, bringing together women leaders from across the country. The conference will be held June 24 to 26 in Chicago. All women employed by an MSCA or MCAA member company are encouraged to join the conference. The program will feature […]
Kelly Named AGC BWiC Award Winner
Milford, MA – Nora Kelly has been selected a winner of the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts’ Building Women in Construction (BWiC) 2019 Inspire Awards. Kelly, assistant project manager at Consigli Construction Co., has worked on laboratories for AbbVie Bioresearch Corporation and UMass Medical Center and has focused on several projects at Beth Israel Deaconess […]
AGC Mass BWiC Panel a Success
On February 27, AGC Massachusetts presented “Leading Women in Construction: A BWiC Executive Panel”. The sold-out event was held in Boston and featured some of the most successful women in the A/E/C industry. Each panelist brought their individual experiences to the table sharing best practices, challenges, successes and a few disappointments during their paths to […]
Addressing the AEC/O Workforce Shortage: How to Attract and Retain Women in Today’s Talent Pool
by Maria Loitz and Sarah Giardini The workforce shortage in the AEC/O industry requires immediate solutions, so why is it that approximately half of the world’s population is being discouraged from the extensive job opportunities in this market? Greatly outnumbered by their male counterparts, women accounted for only 18.7% of engineering school graduates in 2015. […]
