Midlands housebuilder calls for more to be done to encourage girls and women to consider a career in construction.
Sophie Horgan, director of Horgan Homes, is one of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ female leaders in construction, spearheading the I Am A Housebuilder campaign launched by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for SME housebuilders. The campaign sees women wanting to go into construction matched with female mentors.
Sophie stressed the need to avoid a huge waste of potential talent. She adds: “By far the biggest problem we have in recruiting women is that so many are still not aware that construction is a career path that is open to them. It is still assumed that building is something that boys do, and we really need everyone to work together to change that.”
