Meeting diversity goals for employee numbers and pay continues to daunt engineering and construction firms, but their human-resource managers say they face their own challenges in gaining more visibility and influence in company C-suites.
In its latest survey of HR trends in design, design-build and program management firms, financial management consultant EFCG found that the median proportion of women in company ranks is 26.7% and 14.7% for minorities. Minorities fared the best in megafirms over $1 billion in revenue, making up 22.6% of staff, and worst in firms of $100 million or less, comprising just 8.9%.