As the COVID-19 pandemic has industry firms retrenching and many eyeing layoffs, issues of diversity and inclusion in construction are in danger of once again being shoved to the back burner, despite recent visible attention to such issues spurred by the Black Lives Matter movement and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding LGBTQ workplace protections.
But members of this Top 20 Under 40 group say the new realities of working through the pandemic have in fact intensified the need to promote and ensure diversity across the industry.