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Building An Equity-Driven Workforce

Business Facilities

Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives level the playing field for workforce growth and economic gains.

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20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity

Business Facilities

Read: 20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity at BusinessFacilities.com. Green Building Council is expanding its LEED for Cities and Communities program with a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America.

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Women to the Rescue: How to Solve The Skilled Labor Shortage in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

While that means there’s still some work to be done in terms of pay equity, it also means construction could be an appealing career for many women. The positive news, though, is that the pay gap in construction is significantly lower than in almost all other industries, with women earning 95.7 percent of what men do.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Maggie Farrell, Diversity & HR Manager at S. M. Wilson & Co.

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For these reasons (and so much more), construction businesses must focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) and ensure that every employee feels included and represented. Louis, Missouri with an office in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and one in Edwardsville, Illinois. Maggie Farrell , Diversity & HR Manager at S.

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“Once-in-a-Generation” Opportunity for Women in Construction: Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For instance, CWIT offers their own preparatory training programs like Women Build Illinois and contributes to training programs supported by several organizations like ComEd’s Construction Infrastructure Academy. . Now that the Infrastructure Bill has passed, it is causing changes.

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Greenbuild 2022: A Quick Guide

Stok

This presentation will show how the team leveraged Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify low-carbon concrete mixes which they refined via lab and field tests and ultimately used at scale in a data center application in DeKalb, Illinois. San Francisco is the land of Ramaytush Ohlone People. policy of removal and extermination.

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Three interconnected solutions for 'saving' urban centers

BD+C

In the last three years, urban centers have been hammered by an unprecedented series of connected, compounding crises—from existential threats like the pandemic and climate change, to complex issues of safety, equity, and affordability. It’s becoming a vicious cycle.” Fifth + Broadway, Nashville, Tenn.

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