Studies continue to show that racism directly impacts employees' mental health and wellbeing, as well as their ability to perform their job to the best of their abilities. This is made even more dangerous in our industry, when working with heavy equipment and dangerous conditions is the norm.  

Unfortunately, most of us know that racism is quite prevalent in our industry. This issue, as with many others, has been swept under the rug for far too long. And not only is racism inherently bad for our people and culture, it’s bad for the bottom line. It’s time to take a cold, hard look at how construction is truly affected by this nasty issue.