Dive Brief:

• A group who organized a forum on construction careers for women during career day for the California State University, Sacramento, College of Engineering and Computer Science had a positive message for female undergraduates.
• At the event held on International Women's Day and during the college's Career Day event, Karen Hansen, a construction management professor, and colleagues said the door is open.
• The forum members also said, however, that they would like to add 15 women next year to the current 20% female representation in the 200-student Department of Construction Management.

Dive Insight:

The career fair brought more than 80 firms that are looking for employees or interns among the undergraduates. Company representatives were in the audience during the Women's Forum on Construction, and Tracy Young, who is a co-founder and chief operating officer of PlanGrid, a construction software start-up, told the women in the college, "The industry is here to give you jobs if you want them."