BIG NEWS!

We will be unveiling our new marketing plan and modernized logo at Annual Conference at the Annual Meeting! You definitely won’t want to miss the opportunity to be a first-hand witness to NAWIC history in the making! You’ll also be first to have access to new NAWIC gear in the Annual Conference store after the unveiling. See you in Houston, Texas, Aug. 12-15!

Also, in anticipation of our NAWIC rebranding, we’re having a HUGE sale on current NAWIC store items to make room for items with our new logo! Be sure to visit the online store and stock up on “Classic” NAWIC gear before it’s gone!

In April, NAWIC formed a collaborative partnership with the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP)  to improve safety and health performance at workplaces throughout the United States and Canada.

As partners, BCSP and NAWIC will use our collaborative efforts, expertise, technologies, and resources to provide competency-based certification to advance the safety of members and their organizations.

"BCSP looks forward to working together with NAWIC in the advancement of safety," said BCSP Board of Directors President Mario Varela, CSP, ASP. "This partnership enhances our capabilities to protect construction workers through our joint efforts to encourage greater safety leadership."

“NAWIC is excited to partner with BCSP to provide opportunities for professional development and certification,” says NAWIC President Diane Mike, CBT. ”As safety is a top priority for our industry, NAWIC’s partnership with BCSP will strengthen efforts to increase the knowledge and expertise of construction workers and provide a safer work environment for all.”

BCSP and NAWIC's collaboration will include developing and disseminating information on career opportunities in safety and health, concerning accredited certifications, and regarding safety management systems and best practices for construction workplaces. Both organizations will engage in outreach to a diverse group of stakeholders, encourage formal recognition and use of certification, participate in events where safety and health are addressed, and facilitate the transfer of relevant occupational safety and health research findings to the body of knowledge of safety and health professionals.

It's WIC Week Poster Contest time!

We are searching for the perfect photo for our 2021 WIC Week poster, and we want to feature YOU! Share your amazing and powerful images of NAWIC women doing what you do best! The theme for next year is, “Connect, Collaborate, Construct”, and we cant wait to see how you are doing these things with your companies, your projects, and one another.

We look forward to seeing your submissions!

Who: Any NAWIC member can send in a photo(s) for the contest.

What: Showcase your job in the construction industry. Send in photos of women on a job site with the proper PPE. (Photo resolution must be 300 dpi or higher)

When: Photos can be submitted until close of business on Monday, June 22, 2020.

Where: Submit online to crissyi@nawic.org

The winning submission will serve as the face of the 2021 Women in Construction Week campaign!

ConsensusDocs is hosting a free webinar on "8 Advantages ConsensusDocs offers Over AIA A201 in Addressing COVID-19 Risk in Construction Contracts" on July 1st at 2:00 pm EST. Register by clicking here. All registrants will receive a recording to the webinar.This webinar will provide an overview of how ConsensusDocs contracts address COVID-19 for contracts signed before the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic and what are the best practices that you should implement going forward. Also, how to give proper and timely notice of potential claims, and how to avoid an owner’s perverse incentive to terminate you, rather than pay penalties for extended suspensions.

The webinar is free, but attendees are encouraged to donate to a construction foundation or charity of their choice. Once you register, you will receive a confirmation registration email with links to the selected charities and foundations to make your donation.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the sessions in this webinar series with Michael Riegel of AEC Business Strategies, starting with Session 1 - Finance on Tuesday, June 16! 

In this difficult time, we want to remind you of all association benefits available to you, some of which you may never have had cause to use or may even have forgotten about.

One such benefit is our NAWIC Career Center. You can access the Career Center here.

If you have job openings to fill, reach out to our Career Center contact:

Marty Rice at 727-497-6565 ext. 3513.

Marty.Rice@communitybrands.com