Building Women: How Everyone in Construction Can Win - Paperback

by Faye Allen (Author)

Are you a woman working in construction who has been overlooked for a promotion, bullied at work or harassed on site, without redress or resolution?

Are you a man who's felt pressured to join in with 'site banter' to fit in or seen women mistreated at work but didn't know how to help?

The industry is failing women - but it's failing men too.

Building Women is a call to action, showing how we can all work together to promote gender equality, improve the culture in construction and make things better for everyone. Based on research conducted with over 1,000 participants, it illustrates women's lived experiences and workplace challenges and offers tangible solutions to bring about change.

Read this book to discover:

• Why the industry is struggling to recruit and retain women
• What issues women in construction face and how they affect men too
• What allyship is, how it can help and how to put it into practice
• What actions you can take right now to create more inclusive and supportive work environments

Author Biography

Faye Allen is a chartered quantity surveyor and Fellow of the RICS with over thirty years' experience working in construction across various sectors. She now supports construction and engineering clients to avoid, mitigate and resolve disputes. She is an RICS Accredited Expert Witness, a practising member of the Academy of Experts, a member of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, a Global Steering Committee member of the Equal Representation of Expert Witnesses (ERE) and Patron of Women in the Built Environment (WITBE) GLOBAL. Faye is passionate about improving conditions in the industry so everyone in construction can win.