Women in Construction Week (3 - 9 March 2024) celebrates the achievements of women in the construction industry, highlighting their contributions, confronting the challenges they face and inspiring future generations of women.
While there has been significant progress made in recent years, there is still a long way to go to reach equality in the industry. To highlight this, 3B Training has released an infographic, which illustrates how far women have come and where there is still room for improvement.
The infographic shows that in 2023, the UK construction force was 15.8% female with over 340,000 women working in the industry. This is a 3.2% increase since before the pandemic.
Despite this increase, the ratio of women to men is still vastly disproportionate.
For Women in Construction Week, 3B Training interviewed Pamela Evans, founder of Diggerlady to reflect on her experiences of being a woman in the construction...
