Women in Construction Campaign Wins Industry Award

The Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) has won the ‘Women in Construction’ Award for its national ‘Spotlight on…women in construction’ campaign at the London Construction Awards, held on 23 October at the Royal Garden Hotel, London.

The award recognises the need to boost industry efforts to attracting more women to the construction industry.

Women in Construction Campaign

The campaign was launched by CCS a year ago, aiming to address the fact that women represent just 11% of the construction industry workforce and only 1% of the workforce on site.

‘Spotlight on…women in construction’ is hosted on the Scheme’s Best Practice Hub – the industry’s free-to-use online platform. The campaign provides practical information, resources and real-life case studies of women working across the industry, helping to address the issue in the short, medium and long term.

So far, the campaign has been viewed over 11,000 times and its more recent e-learning course has been taken by over 2000 people.

Considerate Constructors Scheme Chief Executive, Edward Hardy, said, “The Scheme is thrilled to receive the ‘Women in Construction’ Award. It is only through the hard work, determination and enthusiasm of our team, and the many contributors to the campaign that has made this achievement happen.

“The Best Practice Hub is at the very core of helping to spread practical guidance, resources and case studies for all and I would encourage everyone to use our Hub’s vast free resources.

“This achievement reinforces how important it is to work together as one industry to make long lasting change to improve standards in construction right across our industry.”

Read Spotlight on…women in construction here.

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