Women can solve construction’s skills shortage
The report was commissioned by the Trust as we simultaneously launch a year-long drive celebrating the achievements of prominent women in the sector and urging industry leaders to inspire more young women to follow their lead.
The Trust’s female-focused drive – under the banner Celebrating Women in Construction – is a constructive and positive response to the Smith report, Building the future: women in construction, which shows women to be woefully under-represented in the construction industry, accounting for only 11 percent of construction workers and just 1...