Vanessa Pomeroy, managing director of construction firm Barnack Estates in Peterborough explains why women and girls should consider a career in the construction industry.
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00:0015 years ago I was the only woman on site and now you know you're seeing more
00:06quantity surveyors. I think the site management side is lacking a little bit
00:09you could definitely see that improve but yeah you in some sectors you're
00:14seeing 50-50 men and women so it's a lot better than it was. So it's not all just
00:21about being on a building site, you've got architects, you've got people
00:25designing, you've got you know marketing, estate agency, leading a development
00:34company. I think all of those areas are now visible to women and they can access
00:40them if they work hard. I think there's a lot more opportunities now for work
00:44experience which you know work experience and getting out there and
00:49seeing it is a lot more valuable sometimes than learning out of a
00:54notebook so any opportunity to get out there and see what you can do and get
01:00involved I think if you're grasping those opportunities early during school
01:06then it's going to set you up a lot better for when you leave school when
01:10you've got your qualifications to then go on into the construction industry. I
01:14think it's a really great industry for women to succeed in and there's a lot of
01:20different areas within the industry that girls can get involved with that they
01:25probably don't realise they can access.