Are women interested in careers in residential construction? Oh yes, we are! Construction offers competitive salaries, benefits, and more. Today, we are highlighting a few of our tradeswomen members.

Join us in celebrating Professional Women in Building Week. The MBAKS Professional Women in Building Council has many members who have taken risks and challenged the status quo to become leaders.

The city has said the raise is needed because of a significant increase in costs of WWTP projects over the past few years due to increases in prevailing wage labor cost and trade tariffs increases for the price of steel and copper.

The Army Corps of Engineers recently hosted MBAKS members to discuss best practices and coordination opportunities relative to tribal Section 106 permits. Members also had the opportunity to visit directly with nine new Corps project managers in the Seattle District office.

As the four-county Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) prepares to update Vision 2040 to Vision 2050 (a “once-a decade” process) the focus is on what changes should be made to the existing Regional Growth Strategy (RGS). Counties and cities work together to decide where (and how much) growth should go to different “regional geographies."