51²è¹Ýapp Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Anyone who's worked on a team knows that diversity makes us better.
A wealth of different experiences and backgrounds makes for a great final result! Equity, diversity, and inclusion make our industry stronger and smarter, but it can be hard to pull more chairs up to the proverbial table. 51²è¹Ýapp has compiled some resources to help you think about bringing more voices into the conversation.
Elevate Reception at NASCC: The Steel Conference
Thanks to all who attended the Elevate Reception!
We hope you were inspired by all of the amazing work AEC industry non-profits are doing to focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Did you miss the 2024 Elevate Reception? in the NASCC Newsroom.
Stay tuned for information about the 2025 Elevate Reception in Louisville, Ky.!
Thank you to our 2024 Elevate Reception Sponsors
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Partners for Change
Bridges to Prosperity
Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) is a nonprofit organization that builds footbridges in isolated communities across the world. It's something we're particularly proud to support because it gets to the heart of what bridges are all about: connecting people.
Since 2016, NSBA-led Bridges to Prosperity projects have connected some 4,300 people to schools, health care, and markets.
In June 2023, NSBA and Bridges to Prosperity built a 120-m bridge in Gihororo, Rwanda--NSBA's fifth such project and our second Bridges to Prosperity project in Rwanda! The team built the trail bridge, largely by hand, in only two weeks.
Voices of the Industry
You can find more interviews with remarkable people in the Modern Steel Construction Field Notes podcast.
David J. Odeh's father helped steer him into engineering and to the family company, where he has become a widely respected voice in his own right.
Four decades into his career, prominent fabrication engineer Mark Holland’s first employer remains his only employer.
Rob Connor has helped make Purdue University a leader in steel bridge research.
John Schuepbach links people from all corners of the North American structural steel industry.
AEC industry non-profits focusing on equity, diversity, and inclusion:
| Arab American Association of Engineers & Architects | NAMEPA - National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates | She Built This City |
| Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) - Culture of CARE | National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) | SHPE - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers |
| Association of Women in the Metals Industry | National Black Contractors Association | Skilled Trade Coalition |
| Build Out Alliance | NOMA - National Organization of Minority Architects | SWE - Society of Women Engineers |
| BuildOUT California | NOME - National Organization of Minority Engineers | WIA - Women in Architecture |
| Chicago Women in the Trades/Tradeswomen Taskforce | NSBE - National Society of Black Engineers | WiSE - Women in Structural Engineering |
| Engineers Rising | oSTEM | Women's Transportation Seminar |
| EqxD - Equity By Design/AIA | Qu-AKE - Queer Advocacy and Knowledge Exchange | |
| IMPACT/Ironworkers International | SE3 – Structural Engineering Engagement and Equity/NCSEA |