Women in Construction Week always brings me back to the same comment someone made to me a couple of years ago.
“You’re not really in construction though, are you?”
Because apparently if you’re not physically on the tools 24/7, it doesn’t count. 🤷🏻♀️
At the time I laughed it off… but it did make me think and it’s stuck with me ever since.
Some days I’m on site meeting clients, catching up with our workers and understanding the project in more depth.
Other days I’m at my desk in the office lining up the people who will actually deliver those projects.
So where does that put me?
Not on the tools. But also not outside the industry either.
And if I’m honest, there have been moments during Women in Construction Week where I’ve thought… am I a bit of a fraud celebrating this? (Hence why it’s took until now to post!) 🥴
The more I think about it, construction isn’t just the site. It’s everything, all the pieces that come together to make a project happen.
So this week I’m absolutely celebrating the women on site and on the tools — but also the women in every other role that contributes to a construction site’s success.
And if someone still thinks that I don’t count as “being in construction”
Well…
We’ll have to agree to disagree. 😉
#womeninconstructionweek
