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Contractors Association Ready to 'Bring Back Fun in 2021'

The Association of Women Contractors of Minnesota (AWCMN) turned 25 in the year of the pandemic, putting its celebration activities on hold. With things returning to normal, in lieu of a silver anniversary party, the AWCMN is rebranding the celebration as "Bringing Back Fun in 2021."Registration is now open for this event, combining the anniversary celebration and the annual holiday party....


Wood-Mizer Contract Sawmilling in Germany

Bad Berka is a small health resort in the German region of Thuringia. Here we meet Sandra Eule, one of very few Wood-Mizer female contract sawmills in Germany. In 2004, her father started his own business as a contract sawmill with a Wood-Mizer LT40 mobile sawmill....


Women in Construction: Nadine Mireles

Sometimes it's the littlest of things that make the biggest impact. Such was the case when a giant in the construction industry gave away T-shirts to students at a San Antonio trade school in 2010....


Women Road Builders Association Hosts Spring Gathering at West Side Tractor's New Headquarters

The Women Road Builders Association hosted its Spring networking event on June 17 at West Side Tractor's new headquarters in Lisle, Ill. Forty-three women attended the event representing more than 20 businesses that support the Chicagoland construction industry....


VIDEO: Volvo CE Celebrates International Women in Engineering Day

Engineering doesn't have gender. That's the message from female engineers at Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) this International Women in Engineering Day as it calls for more young women and girls to enter the sector and play their part to build the world we want to live in....


NAWIC Philadelphia Foundation Partners With NEST to Bring Hands-On Construction Camp for Girls

Middle school and high school-age girls from the Philadelphia area will attend a complimentary in-person construction camp this summer to provide real-world experience, mentorship and education about the opportunities that exist in the construction industry, regardless of gender....


Texas Women in Construction — Sherry McGee: HOLT CAT

From the oil fields of Alaska to the boom cities of Texas, one woman's engineering career is on the move, with no sign of slowing down anytime soon. Growing up in Alaska, Sherry McGee dreamed of being an architect....


Texas Women in Construction — Emily Dodd: HOLT CAT

In an industry seemingly dominated by men, HOLT CAT Regional Sales Manager Emily Dodd knows just how important it is to have a mentor by your side, especially if you are a woman hoping to carve out a niche in the construction business....


WBEs Leave Mark On Kansas City Airport

At 1 million sq. ft. and with a budget of $1.5 billion, the new Kansas City Airport is impressive enough, but add in a female construction workforce larger than most any in the United States and you've got a project in a league of its own....


Texas Women in Construction — Meet Kaisha Plambeck of Skanska USA

Kaisha Plambeck offers a very succinct answer when asked what she likes about being in the construction world — "I really get to be myself."The Texas native who once dreamed of a career in design has found both comfort and success as a senior project engineer at Skanska USA and could not be happier....