Stories
#BuildingEquality
Patricia Power
Quantity Surveying and Project Management
Carole Smillie
Project Manager with Bennett Property
Sally Jean Doherty
Apprentice Carpenter and Joiner with Sisk
Glorence Makharinge
Site Engineer with Marlet Property Group
Nellie Reid
Managing Director, Meehan Green
Catherine Greene
Quantity Surveyor
Alice Duffy
SHEQ Administrator
Iris Kavanagh
Head of Marketing at SONICA
Yvonne O’Sullivan
Head of Talent
Sarah McDonnell
Head of Interiors
Sorcha Flanagan
EHS Specialist with Wm. O’Brien Crane Hire
Roseanne Dizon
Student Engineer, Punch Consulting Engineers
Niamh Barry
Manager of Training & Development, Walls Construction
Phil Kane
Country Manager, Eaton Corporation
Louise O’Neill
Project Manager, John Sisk & Sons Ltd
Aisling Graham
Quantity Surveyor, Flynn Management & Contractors
Gráinne Egan
Senior Project Manager, John Paul Construction
Patricia Brouder
Patricia Brouder (Aherne) & Son Plastering Contractors
Johanna Tynys
Product Manager – Electrical Tools & Accessories, Hilti Ireland
Edel Corrigan
Senior Health & Safety Manager, Flynn Management & Contractors
Lorraine Power
Senior Project Surveyor, JJ Rhatigan & Company
Leeann Bryan
Business Development Coordinator, Duggan Brothers Ltd
Marci Bonham
Managing Director, Hilti
Julie Currid
Co-Founder and COO, Initiafy
Tommy Drumm
Managing Director, Collen Construction
Sinéad Gorman
Project Design Supervisor, Ashview Consultants
Elizabeth Kavanagh
Stride Treglown
Karen Muldowney
Business Development & Marketing Manager, Manley Construction
Aoife Kelly
Digital Marketing Specialist, Hilti Ireland
Lorraine Brady
Design Manager, BAM Ireland
Sarah Kennedy
Business Development Manager, EIDA Solutions
Janice Galbraith
Account Manager – Steel & Metal, Hilti
Michelle Kelly
EHS Co-Ordinator with Designer Group
Nisha Jahangir
Manley Construction Ltd
Liz Carroll
HR Director, McGrattan & Kenny Ltd
Kathy O’Leary
Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) Manager, BAM Ireland
Bernadette Farrell
O’Connell Mahon Architects
Jackie Corcoran
JJ Rhatigan & Company
Adrienne Bryan
Human Resources Manager, BAM Contractors Ltd,
Jillian O’Neill
Teicniuil Priory Consulting Engineering
Suzanne Keane
SK Design/Teicniuil Priory Consulting Engineers Ltd
Aoife Gormally
Site Foreman, John Sisk & Son (Holdings) Ltd
Sonya Stuart
Human Resources Manager, Siac Construction Ltd
Aoife Murphy
Senior Engineer, David Kelly Partnership Chartered Engineers
Laoise Maher
Project Management, KSN
Daniela Creedon
Creedon Construction Ltd
Pauline Yeo
Quantity Surveyor, L&M Keating
Kerry Power
Human Resources Manager, Suir Engineering Ltd
Jen Kelly
Industrial Abseiler / Founder of Women in Trades Network Ireland (WITNI)
Louise Phelan
Vice-President PayPal
Tara Flynn
Chairperson, CIF Galway Branch / Director Paul Flynn Construction
Jean Winters
Director, Industrial Relations, CIF
Sinead Hodgins
Health & Safety Advisor with Flynn Management and Contractors
Richelle
Account Manager, Hilti
Janine
Talent Acquisition, Hilti
Fiona
Digital Marketing Specialis, Hilti
Cora Sutton-Smith
Cronin & Sutton Consulting
Kim Jordan
Design Manager, Crown Roofing & Cladding Ltd
Darina Porter
Construction Economist (Senior Cost Manager), Linesight Dublin
Dominic Doheny
President, CIF
Tom Parlon
Director General, CIF
Aoife Gilheany
H&S Manager at SONICA
Emma O’ Gorman Wall
Chief Operations Officer/Director, Crown Roofing & Cladding Ltd
Leanne McLoughlin
Health and Safety Operations Manager, BAM Contractors Ireland
Mary-Catherine Greene
Program Manager, Glenveagh Properties
Nancy Sweeney
BCAR Manager, Glenveagh Properties
Joanne Cluxton
Group HR Manager with Mercury
Fiona Cormican
New Business Director, Clúid Housing
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#BuildingEquality
Why you chose a career in construction?
How important/helpful have role models been to you throughout your career?
What we need to do to attract more women and girls into the industry?
Video Stories
#BuildingEquality
#BuildingEquality on International Women’s Day 2019
#BuildingEquality on International Women’s Day 2018
#BuildingEquality on September 21st 2018 in Eaton HQ, Dublin
#BuildingEquality with the younger generation featuring Carole Smillie
Sharing her story – Lisa Roche
Sharing her story – Joanne Bradley
Sharing her story – Larissa Tardelli
Sharing her story – Louise Martin
Sharing her story – Sara Phillips
The CIF’s #LottieTour
As part of the #BuildingEquality campaign, the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) joined forces with #LottieDolls in 2018 to challenge traditional perceptions of the industry as being ‘just for the boys’ and encourage more girls to consider construction. In the run up to International Women’s Day on March 8th and throughout 2018, a number of CIF member companies featured in Lottie’s #LottieTour as she visited some of Ireland’s greatest construction projects.



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About us
The Construction Industry Federation established the Building Equality Working Group in late 2017.
This ad hoc working group’s key priority is to promote equality of opportunity in the industry and to position construction as a viable and attractive career option for all groups from an early age.
According to the CSO Labour Force Survey for Quarter 1 2018, of the 137,300 persons currently employed in the Irish construction industry just 8,200 (6%) are women. And yet, the Construction Industry requires over 112,000 additional workers to deliver on the population’s housing needs, the economy’s infrastructure and specialist buildings underpinning FDI.
As an industry leader, the CIF is committed to dispelling the perceptions that our industry is male-orientated and does not present the same opportunities to all, and addressing barriers where they exist.
The #BuildingEquality campaign seeks to change ingrained perceptions of the construction industry and promote equality of opportunity for all.
Media
CIF.ie Media
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Darina Porter
- “Leveling the playing field- the role of male advocates and mentors in increasing female participation in construction.”- CIF President Pat Lucey
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Kim Jordan
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Cora Sutton-Smith
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Fiona Cunningham
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Janine Gaffney
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Richelle Hennessy
- “We are leading the way in making the construction industry more female friendly”- Mercury
- #Building Equality- Sharing your Stories- Edel King, Lioncor Developments
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Fiona McCourt
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Glorence Makharinge
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Carole Smillie
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Patricia Power
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Sally Jean Doherty
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Nellie Reid
- CIF International Women’s Day event announced for March 6th 2020
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Februarie Crooke
- CIF Survey: 64% of Construction companies believe they have an inclusive culture
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Lorraine Brady
- Vast majority of female workers would recommend construction industry as a career option – International Women’s Day 2019
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Emilia Dan
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Annie Mullen
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Amy O’Byrne
- CIF Director Outlook 2019 – Shane Dempsey, Communications
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Philippa King-Smith
- CIF President Pat Lucey: Why I am urging my male colleagues throughout the construction industry to join us in celebrating International Women’s Day
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Sinead Hodgins
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Catherine Greene
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Alice Duffy
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Iris Kavanagh
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Yvonne O’Sullivan
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Sarah McDonnell
- Harnessing Diversity through empowerment
- “You need the figures and you need a sense of humour; if you’ve got those then you have the opportunity to start doing things that will shift the dial a bit.”
- Is the language used in your company’s job specs discouraging female applicants?
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Patricia Brouder
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Phil Kane
- What’s the story with the dolls?
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Michelle Kelly
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Pauline Yeo
- EY Global Compliance Leader Catherine Vaughan on #BuildingEquality
- Jean Winters: Building sector needs women to thrive
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Gráinne Egan
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Louise O’Neill
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Sorcha Flanagan
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Niamh Barry
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Roseanne Dizon
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Jillian O’Neill
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Suzanne Keane
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Nisha Jahangir
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Lorraine Power
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Adrienne Bryan
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Aoife Gormally
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Leeann Bryan
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Liz Carroll
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Edel Corrigan
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Tommy Drumm
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Julie Currid
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Karen Muldowney
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Lorraine Brady
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing your Stories: Laoise Maher
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing your Stories: Daniela Creedon
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing your Stories: Aoife Murphy
- #BuildingEquality – Sharing Your Stories: Sarah Kennedy
- Female construction workers celebrate International Women’s Day by building alliance to increase participation in the industry
Other Media
- Construction must attract more women to solve Irish housing and infrastructure crises
- RTE featuring our own Director of Industrial Relations, Jean Winters and Lisa Roche, QS with Collen Construction.
- Construction leaders plan to increase female participation in the industry
- Female construction workers celebrate International Women’s Day by building alliance to increase participation in the industry
- Construction Federation elects woman as chairperson for first time in history
- Women in Construction Podcast
- The right moves: Women are the answer to skills shortage in the construction industry
- Finding The Balance
- Why can’t a woman drive a crane the same as a man?