Our own Morgan DeBorde, Business Development Manager for East Texas, sat down with Clear Career Professionals for their monthly newsletter, The Clear View, to discuss women in the construction industry and her experience.
As a young girl, the construction industry was admittedly not how I envisioned my future. I wanted to be part of something that would change the world and I needed to be able to serve others. As an inquisitive and energetic five-year-old, to me that meant being a doctor, astronaut, or veterinarian. As I matured and experienced life as a college student, I realized that my dreams of service and impacting others would be my calling. What I had not envisioned was where my path to changing the world would lead me. It became clear my career was going to be paved in a much broader dimension.
Embarking my career in the construction field, I quickly realized that providing the assistance to construct new government facilities, schools for our youth, emergency service stations, to only name a few, were possibly the tangible change and service I had been seeking as a young girl. The Architecture, Engineering and Construction community continuously exceeds my expectations as to the level of care and attention we can provide for our public owners. This realization broke the glass ceiling in my mind about opportunities that could possibly lie ahead, as well as the growing idea for the need and inclusion of women in the AEC community.
Our firm alone hosts senior female project managers, female estimators, female field operation managers, but that’s just the beginning! In this growing community, we are surrounded by women; as fearless and dedicated in the service to our public owners, as they are in service to us. It is an inspiration to be surrounded by like-minded women. Although this is neither the industry nor position, I may have dreamed of as young girl, this experience has made me realize how glad that little girl’s visualization of the future was incorrect. I am proud to be a part of this industry’s growth, opportunity, and this learning adventure.
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