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If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s this – there is no place for drugs and alcohol on a construction site.

It was that simple phrase that led to the creation of the “Construction Coalition for a Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace”—a group of construction industry organizations that joined together in order to eliminate the fatalities and injuries caused by substance abuse on construction jobsites.

Studies show that teaming up with a prime contractor may be the fastest way to breach the seven-figure mark. Here's what you need to know.

Geri Stengal quoted WCOE member Karen Barbour in an article for Inc. Magazine:

When Tara Kramer, owner of Ri Ky Roofing in Portland, entered the construction industry 25 years ago, it wasn’t like it is today.

“It was male-dominated, most definitely,” she said. “In fact, the company that I joined had 40 offices nationwide and they didn’t have any saleswomen.”

A lot has changed. Today, women-owned businesses make up an increasingly significant percentage of the nation’s contractors. But the industry still has a long way to go.

On December 14, the Women Construction Owners & Executives, USA (WCOE), a national association representing women owners and executives in the construction industry, and NASBP formalized an agreement to provide mutual assistance and support to improve the business environment for the construction industry through outreach and education.

Having clients ask to talk with your husband rather than you when you’re CEO can be pretty bruising.

But Jane Hilboldt, who heads Hilboldt Curtainwall, stuck it out in the male-dom- inated construction industry and said that in the six years since she and her husband, Denny, launched the business, she has gained much respect.