International Women’s Day 2020 – Women in Construction

Think the world of construction is just for men? Well, 14% of construction industry professionals are female and 37% of new entrants into the industry from higher education are female.

Whilst much still needs to be done to encourage women into construction, it isn’t a new phenomenon! Here are just a few influential women in construction through history.

Sarah Guppy

Sarah Guppy

1811 – Inventor of a method for making safe pilings for bridges.

Ethel Charles

Ethel Charles
1898 – First women to gain entry to the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Irene Barclay

Irene Barcley
1922 – First female chartered surveyor.

Elisabeth Scott

Elisabeth Scott
1929032 – First female architect to win an international architecture competition for her design of the rebuild of the Shakespeare Memorial Centre.

Ladies’ Bridge

Female welder on Waterloo Bridge (Ladies' Bridge)
WWII – 350 women built Waterloo Bridge during the Second World War.

Carol Bell

Eden Project
Late ’90s – early ’00s – Deputy Project Manager for the Eden Project.

Michèle Dix

Michèle Dix
Present – Current Managing Director of Crossrail 2 and previously Director of Planning for Transport of London.

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