#298 Making Everyone Welcome in Construction

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We should all want to build workplaces where everyone feels safe and included. But how can we do that when we don’t know what everyone needs? How can we make sure that we understand our colleagues and potential recruits, and provide them with the tools they need to be welcomed, and to be successful?

Engineering Matters Awards Diversity & Inclusion Gold Champion EKFB’s Victoria Hingley has been working to develop a more diverse and inclusive workforce at the HS2 joint venture. Part of the work has involved giving staff a chance to disclose invisible disabilities through the Sunflower scheme.

But Victoria’s work goes much further. EKFB has developed introductions to the industry for children attending SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) schools, shaped around these children’s abilities and needs. They have reshaped how they conduct interviews, ensuring they focus on the person, not the job profile. And they are working with industry partners to spread the message that construction can be a welcoming environment for all.

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Victoria Hingley, Skills, Employment and Education Coordinator, EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM JV)

Paddy Paterson, Skills, Employment & Education Manager, EKFB

Ben Hickman, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Manager, EKFB

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