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Recent efforts to provide properly fitting personal protective equipment to women on construction jobsites are highlighting the connection between safety and long term careers in skilled trades and management.
The founder of a company that’s designing construction equipment and clothing for women didn’t just walk a mile in their shoes—she’s logged days in their type of pants.
Like every profession, the construction industry was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, and practices of temperature monitoring, PPE usage and social distancing were adopted as some work continued. We'll discuss how construction estimates can be built to account for changes in labor and equipment due to COVID-19 and what impacts the use of social distancing could have on construction project timeline.
When it comes to PPE for women, there’s more to properly fit than small, medium and large. PPE that works well to protect women is rarely the same as items treated as universal, but really meant for men. You'll learn how PPE can be designed with women in mind, and why it’s so important to get it right: for security, for recruitment & for retention of women in the industry.
