Elaine Construction is one of seven women-owned businesses in the Boston area to win Highwire’s Gold Safety Award—a distinction that is a result of the company’s superior safety performance. …

Opportunities for women abound, she said, and companies should look to align themselves with these broader industry trends.
“Women should have a voice, and they have a place in this industry,” Guinee said. …

Geologic-Earth Exploration has been a woman-owned company from the start. The company has experienced incredible growth and success under Deborah Arey’s leadership, which she credits to her diligent, caring workforce.…

Kourtney Mierzejewski, the owner of Pinnacle Construction Services, has lived and breathed construction for years—ever since she was a kid, in fact.
“I grew up in a family of builders,” Mierzejewski said.
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Kathleen Rowell started her moving company in 2009 out of a home office. Initially, her competitors didn’t take her seriously. Their doubt only lit a fire within her. …

Sharon Tankel, president of Hub Glass Services, Inc., was too young to remember when her mother, Frances Carver Budd, took over the family glass business after her father’s untimely death at age 37. But, as years went on, she grew to admire that her mother had blazed a trail for her out of trying circumstances. …

We at Highwire want to promote the seven women-owned construction companies in Boston that have earned a Safety Award — a prestigious recognition awarded to the industry’s top safety performers. …

Highwire Awards reflect a contracting partner’s commitment to improving risk management and signify a safer, more viable business partner. Safety awards are given to contracting partners who exemplify safety.…