SACPCMP 5th Construction Summit

1. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
My
perspective
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susan snaddon, prcm

2. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
www.doublexscience.org

3. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
Why?

4. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
HBR

5. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
HBR

6. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
McKinsey&Co

7. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
Status Quo

8. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
Professional construction
managers
African White Indian Coloured Total
Male 56 624 26 16 722
Female 2 1 0 0 3 0.41%
Total 58 625 26 16 725
Professional construction
project managers
African White Indian Coloured Total
Male 286 1089 92 49 1516
Female 37 22 6 4 69 4.35%
Total 323 1111 98 53 1585
Professional Construction
Mentor
African White Indian Coloured Total
Male 9 7 3 2 21
Female 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 9 7 3 2 21
Professional Construction
Health and Safety Agent
African White Indian Coloured Total
Male 2 19 0 3 24
Female 0 3 0 0 3 11.11%
Total 2 22 0 3 27
overall percentage 3.18%
sacpcmp stats to march 2016

9. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
Professional construction
managers
African White Indian Coloured Total
Male 56 624 26 16 722
Female 2 1 0 0 3 0.41%
Total 58 625 26 16 725
Professional construction
project managers
African White Indian Coloured Total
Male 286 1089 92 49 1516
Female 37 22 6 4 69 4.35%
Total 323 1111 98 53 1585
Professional Construction
Mentor
African White Indian Coloured Total
Male 9 7 3 2 21
Female 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 9 7 3 2 21
Professional Construction
Health and Safety Agent
African White Indian Coloured Total
Male 2 19 0 3 24
Female 0 3 0 0 3 11.11%
Total 2 22 0 3 27
overall percentage 3.18%
sacpcmp stats to march 2016

10. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
Mma Ramotswe
… She remembered many years ago, as a girl
in the national school at Mochudi, hearing a
teacher - a man - say to the class: ‘These are
good jobs for boys, but not for girls; girls can
do something else.’ She had smarted at the
injustice. Why could women not do these
jobs? You did not have to be strong, with
bulging muscles, to be a pilot or an engineer, or
a president, for that matter……

11. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
Challenges &
Competencies required

12. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
Challenges

13. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention

14. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
Competencies required

15. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention

16. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention
Strategies to improve
representation

17. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention

18. Women in Construction Management: attraction & retention