As women achieve greater levels of parity in leadership roles, trail-blazing professionals in architecture, engineering and construction are focused on supporting and accelerating this trend.

Reflecting a lifetime of service, her prolific and continued design contributions to the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) fields, as well as her broad accomplishments in helping women advance in the professions, Beverly Willis, FAIA, has been named recipient of an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Legacy Award.

The Professional Women in Building Council of the National Association of Home Builders has recognized Karen Schroeder, executive vice president and partner of Mayberry Homes in East Lansing, Mich., as NAHB PWB Woman of the Year.

Over the next two weeks, the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters (NRCC) plans to host six information sessions to educate Buffalo/Rochester area women on how they can start a career as a well-paid Union Carpenter through the Sisters in the Brotherhood (SIB) Pre-Apprenticeship Program.

The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, a group that seeks to elevate women in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professions, launched a new website titled “Pioneering Women of American Architecture.”

The National Association of Women in Construction announces the hiring of its new Executive Vice President Beth Brooks, CAE

NAWIC will hold its 62^nd Annual Meeting and Education Conference, Aug. 16-19, in Anaheim, Calif. at the Hyatt Regency Orange County with the major AMEC sponsor this year as UPS.