The need for a more diverse and representative staff seems to punctuate every workforce development conversation at AEC firms. Whether the industry is ready and willing to have a serious conversation about the needs of those diverse workers is another matter entirely.

Chiefs of industry giants Jacobs and Shawmut share strategies to build standout corporate and individual brands at ENR's first young professionals conference.

In my first job on a construction site as a young civil engineer, my boss didn’t think the Confederate flag draping the wall behind his desk was a problem.

The case for diversity in hiring and buying goods and services is simple. The need for industry change is not a matter of social responsibility, it's a matter of arithmetic.

Industry leaders say systemic racism and training opportunities are two primary obstacles for Black workers and professionals.

Construction has a long, often unenviable history with race, and an image as a closed fraternity of white men.

But construction has the creative problem-solving, dedicated resources and methodical follow-through to benefit women—and benefit from them.