How many women-owned construction firms exist today?
I don’t know of any other woman-owned commercial construction company in our area. As far as we can tell, in our search, I think Rand is the second largest woman-owned and woman-founded commercial construction company in the country. The one larger than us is in California. Being one of the few woman-owned construction firms, how does that affect your role in the industry? Because society has changed and women are going into fields that they weren’t encouraged to go into in my era, there are more women in construction. It’s interesting. I was talking to one of my competitors and he said, “More and more we’re being asked, ‘Why do you have no women on your team?'” They are asked this because there are now more women decision makers and in operating positions. They want to look across the table and feel comforted by the team they’re putting together, and they want their team to be reflective of all of the talent that’s available. Have you had to make any trade-offs to have a career like t
