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Association News
 AC Speaker Spotlight: Welcome Lisa Fey The multi-dimensional and memorable Lisa Fey utilizes her Global Fortune Early Bird registration is OPEN! Make your reservations to be there, TODAY! There’s been a lot of talk recently about women’s participation in the construction industry to help with the lingering labor shortage. Like most things these days though, it’s complicated. One question the industry can’t avoid asking is whether it wants to be an employer of choice, or an employer of last resort. While construction’s reputation as dull, dangerous and dirty could make it a less attractive industry to women, there are plenty of construction roles where those conditions rarely exist. So, what is it then? There is evidence that societal norms and job cultures play a bigger role than people want to admit. Source: Jobsite.Procore.com
The share of women working in construction trades in 2018 is the highest in twenty years (Figure 2), but women remain strongly underrepresented in the trades: fewer than one in twenty (3.4 percent) of construction trades workers in 2018 were women. The only other time since 1999 when the share was above 3.0 percent was in 2006, also a period of high demand for workers in the industry. In the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 and recovery that followed, tradeswomen disproportionately lost jobs in the industry, compared with men.
Source: iwpr.org NAWIC's Safety & Health Awareness Committee is pleased to offer the Safety Excellence Award to distinguish NAWIC member companies who recognize safety as a corporate value and commitment. These companies have implemented excellent safety and health programs and innovative solutions for creating strong safety cultures within their organizations. The means of achieving this include owner/upper management commitment, proactive safety and health programs, consistent enforcement policies, employee training, management committee initiatives and program implementation creativity/innovation. Eligible participants must employ a NAWIC member. Completed applications must be submitted by April 30. FMI Releases 2019 AGC/FMI Risk Management Survey This year’s study results indicate changes in the engineering and construction risk environment over the last three years and provide important data points regarding future risk management trends. All information is based on responses from best-in-class companies that are active in AGC’s Surety Bonding and Construction Risk Management Forum. The most significant current risks that the survey identifies are:
And the most significant future risks include:
Source: fminet.com Education / Training
Description: This presentation will review the different type of business entities, what entities are responsible for others’ debt (parent companies, related entities, etc.), liability of company owners, and more. Attendees will gain an understanding of who they are doing business with, who is liable to pay their customer’s debt and tools to find out more information about those entities. The presentation will include information on how to track company owners as they move from business to business, and how to use personal guaranties to obligate others to pay your debt. Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 6 p.m. CST Presenter: Jessica Murphy, Esq. Attendees: Current NAWIC Members Join the session: http://www.nawic.org/nawic/Webinars.asp NAWIC Benefits Spotlight
Announcing our newest Member Benefit - Ellevest The Biggest Investing Mistake Women Make
Following up on a study in which Smartvid.io’s artificial intelligence engine “Vinnie” learned from contractor Suffolk's data to predict roughly one in five safety incidents with 81% accuracy, nine major construction firms are partnering with the software company to further develop predictive analytics and therefore prevent incidents and reduce risk across the industry, according to a Smartvid announcement from CEO and Founder Josh Kanner.
Source: ConstructionDive.com For contractors and developers that are on a tight schedule and need to map large swaths of land or expansive projects, sometimes the only thing better than the convenience and insight that unmanned aerial system (UAS), or drone, imaging provides is getting the shots back in a few hours versus days. Engineering and environmental consulting firm Dudek, which provides drone imagery services to contractors, has found an effective solution for turning around image projects for construction clients fast.
Source: ConstructionDive.com
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