Here Come the Women in Construction

Welcome to Women in Construction Week. As we always say here at Constructech, the numbers tell a very interesting story, and it seems the data is trying to tell us something, if we are willing to listen to what it has to say.

While 1.13 million women worked in the construction industry in 2006, that total fell to just 802,000 in 2012. What happened during that time to make the numbers drop so sharply? Simply, the 2008 Great Recession. However, since 2012, the number of female construction employees has increased. In 2024, women represented 11.2% of the construction workforce, which is the highest share in two decades, according to the NAHB (National Assn. of Home Builders).

As Peggy Smedley always says, the construction industry is cyclical in nature. There will always be downturns, but the construction industry weathers the storm, and while there are certainly changes that ...