Women in Construction (WIC) Week will be held Mar. 6–12, 2022. The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) founded WIC Week in 1998 to “raise awareness and celebrate the work of women in the construction...
5%–10% of all electricians in America are women, and roughly 10% of electrical contracting firms are woman-owned—seemingly minuscule numbers in the grand scheme of the nation’s 700,000 electricians and 70,000 electrical...
Women enter electrical apprenticeship programs about nine years later than men, at age 27, according to a survey by the University of Oklahoma’s Lemon Construction Science Division. In the United States, the New York Times...
Deborah Kelly, a former line constructor in Alaska, loved her work. Until recently, she climbed utility poles with a mostly male crew, doing the heavy work of outdoor line construction and repair in all weather. She couldn’t...
St. Louis Construction News and Review honored 20 women in the inaugural “Top Women in Construction.” One of the honorees is Emily Martin, president of Aschinger Electric Co. Martin has been working in the construction...
More women are entering the construction industry—in some places more so than others. Construction Coverage ranked U.S. cities based on the share of women in the industry, using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Md...
Pre-apprenticeship programs help bring greater gender parity to the trades When it comes to women’s participation in electrical construction, the numbers are bad. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2018, just 2.4...
March is Women's History Month, which encourages people to become more familiar with the achievements and influence of women in today's society. As such, it's an ideal time to highlight the role of female electrical...
With a mix of job smarts, business savvy, grit and grace, an increasing number of women-owned contracting firms are helping to level the playing field in a traditionally male-dominated industry. While current statistics...
NECA Greater Boston and IBEW Local 103 launched “Empower DEI” to increase the number of minority- and women-owned electrical contractors within the Boston area, demonstrating their commitment “to dismantling structural racism...
