ET108 – National WWI Memorial: Gender-Inclusive Construction Administration Process

Additional fee, registration required.

Despite advances toward gender equality, construction administration and the construction environment remain male dominated. This tour and conversation between female-identifying professionals within the landscape architecture and the construction industry will examine their experience collaborating on a notable and award-winning case study: The National World War I Memorial.


Alan Karchmer/Otto

Learning Objectives

1. Explore the construction administration process from three women who were instrumental in the project's construction.
2. Learn to foster relationships between diverse collaborators and work cooperatively across disciplines.
3. Hear ways to promote the value of gender diversity within all phases of design, especially during the construction administration process, and gain perspective in changing gender dynamics.
4. Investigate the challenges of designing and building within an existing site while preserving historic elements.

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