Women in Construction

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Women now make up 11% of the workforce in construction, particularly in administration, management, surveying, estimating, legislation and regulation, health & safety, design and sales. However, only 1% of the UK's on-site workers are women. With the industry suffering from a serious skills shortage, these articles discuss the opportunities for women and the changes that need to be made to encourage more women into the industry.

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Also see: Diversity in Construction

Also see: Neurodiversity in Construction

Also see: Pride in Construction

 

Mental Health in Construction

30-Apr-2025

This report by On The Tools, published in March 2023, found that 93% of UK tradespeople have been impacted by mental ill health in some way, with 73% of all UK tradespeople surveyed experiencing mental ill health right now or in the past. A further 20% hadn’t personally experienced mental ill health but knew another tradesperson who had.

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How to Encourage Women into Construction

Katy Hall - 11-Mar-2025

SC4 is passionate about encouraging more women into STEM and Construction. Owner/Director, Katy Hall, believes that changing attitudes to gender from a very young age, and in our day to day interactions, could cause a shift towards this and improve life for all.

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Katy Hall, Inspirational Business Women in Construction 2025

24-Feb-2025

SC4 Carpenters Ltd is pleased and proud to announce that Katy Hall, joint owner & Director of SC4, has won an Inspirational Business Women in STEM and Construction Award in 2025.

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Improving Safety And Wellbeing For Women In Construction

Katy Hall - 15-Nov-2024

The number of women venturing into roles in the construction industry is still modest, but is growing year by year. Since 2022, around 14-16% of the UK construction workforce have been female, with more women entering the sector from higher education. In 2023, The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported 340,000 women employed by the sector, an increase of 3.2% since 2019. As construction becomes an increasingly popular and attractive career pathway for women, however, ensuring women’s safety and well-being on-site remains paramount.

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Solving the Construction Workforce Crisis Through Greater Opportunities For Women, BAME, LGBTQ+ and Workers with Disabilities

Katy Hall - 07-Aug-2024

Among the issues facing the incoming Labour government are long term, structural difficulties within the UK construction sector. It’s not that there’s any shortage of demand.

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Katy Hall - Shortlisted for IWCE 2024

17-Jun-2024

SC4 Carpenters Ltd is thrilled to announce that Katy Hall, one of the owner/directors or SC4 Carpenters Ltd, has been shortlisted for 3 awards at the Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering awards 2024.

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