Are you interested in running for a National Officer or Region Director position? Applications are now open!  

All applications must be submitted to Executive Director Crissy Ingram at crissyi@nawic.org by 11:59 p.m. CST on Feb. 1, 2023. 

Chapter bylaws are due to the National Bylaws Committee by Nov. 30. Please email the bylaws to bylawschair@nawic.org as soon as possible.

A new buzz word is going around which seems to not actually mean what it is meant to convey. Quiet quitting seems to have been ascribed to younger team members. Media reports make it seem as though the younger generation is lazy, disengaged, avoids hard work, or lacks initiative. If we think about a combination of a 2-year pandemic, increasing construction spending, challenges recruiting and retaining team members, and a physically taxing industry, is should not be a surprise that there has been a shift in attitude about work.

Are you interested in participating in a study on Motherhood in Construction? Find out if you are eligible!

 

NAWIC has has partnered with the Construction Progress Coalition, AGC of California, and WiOPS: Women in Construction Operations to gather data and metrics on construction workforce experiences in our industry and the specific factors involved in employee retention. Please consider taking this 15-minute survey to help further our insight into construction retention. 

 

Jacobs Solutions announced Thursday Bob Pragada, current president and chief operating officer and a 16-year veteran of the company, will succeed Steve Demetriou as chief executive officer and join Jacobs’ board of directors.

The federal government will throw its purchasing power behind green materials on civil builds, launch low-carbon demonstration projects and more.

The costs for building a commercial project declined 1.4% in August, following a similar decline in July, but were still up 16.7% from a year ago.