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certified firms and allies, the organiza- tions are working together to actively promote construction careers to the LGBTQ+ youth of California, promote a zero-tolerance environment for discrimination on job sites across all industry workplaces, and provide relevant, customized training oppor- tunities to help LGBTQ+ businesses effectively compete. In addition, AGC and AGC


Construction Education Foundation’s comprehensive workforce devel- opment initiative, Build California, has focused on ensuring construction career information reaches margin- alized communities to diversify the talent pool. It also provides economic advancement opportunities to commu- nities the industry has not effectively reached previously. Build California has done this through a robust mix of


outreach strategies, including using its Instagram Live “#IYOUWE” series to promote diversity. Construction profes- sionals from the LGBTQ+ community and the AAPI (American Asian Pacific Islanders) community have appeared on the program as guests to address a variety of topics.


How to Measure Success With all of these efforts now


in motion to advance DEI in the construction industry, the question remains — how will success ultimately be measured, and how long will it take to see visible progress? “It’s like turning a large ship in the


ocean,” Anderson commented. “Over time we are going to see that big ship has changed course, but it’s going to take a bit of time I think to see it take effect.”


He added, “Tere’s a lot of


momentum there, it just has to maintain. It’s not just the construction industry that is focused on (DEI issues); a majority of the industry is taking note of it.” Montgomery added, “I definitely


think that there are tangible ways to measure success—like how many people are engaging in these forums or how many times are these (DEI) research lists being accessed?” She added, “Our intent was not


to just create a list of short-term achievable goals that we could just check a box. Tere’s going to be short term wins and the long-term victories that we might have to wait a little bit longer for, but in the end are going to put us on the path to victory in 10 or 20 years from now. Tat is worth doing even if it’s a little harder to measure.” 


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