🌆 ACE Club Digest - See you next week! International Women’s Day

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The next ACE Club meetup is coming up next week on Tuesday, March 18 at 6:00pm! Meet us at Printer’s Alley in Midtown for great company and conversation. Remember to invite colleagues who are interested in meeting peers in the AEC industry!

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Celebrating Women in Design and Construction

This week I (Emma) attended a lecture, Blueprint for Success: Breaking into Architecture and Construction, the ultimate session of the all-day conference “Celebration of Women in Design” held at the NY Design Center.

Four women working in the luxury residential space sat on the panel, representing design, architecture, and construction. Next year, I hope to see an engineer up there!

My key takeaways:

• When establishing yourself on a job site, lean into curiosities by asking questions

• Harness the power of patience and pause

• Find a mentor

• Get involved in events to meet others in your industry to build network

• Read the article Room at the Top for a perspective on implicit bias (or the summary of it that I could find and share here)

• Confidence comes through experience

• Let your work speak for itself

• Love what you do

• Pick up the phone, especially when it comes to delivering news (total transparency is key)

• Good communication means over communication from the start of a project

• It’s okay to admit that you don’t have an answer on-hand but will find out

• Once you have general knowledge you become even a better sponge

• When it comes to finding confidence to excel in unknown, lean into curiosity rather than fear

• Build a business like you build a house - start with a strong foundation

• Make mistakes, but don’t repeat mistakes

If any takeaway resonates with you or if you have any advice to add, I’d love to know.

How is your AEC company celebrating International Women’s Day?

👨‍🏫 Upcoming AEC Courses & Events

• (3/17) What to Save? Landmarks for a New New York - Join us as we explore the past, present, and future of historic preservation (Brooklyn Public Library)

• (3/31) Fundamentals of Interior Architecture - This course offers an introduction to the process of commercial and residential interior design. Learn about the principles of design, the history of design in Los Angeles and Southern California, and more (UCLA Extension)

📰 Our favorite reads, listens & watches

• Take a moment to celebrate the diverse approaches of emerging woman-led architecture practices. The history of architecture is replete with examples of women subtly but powerfully shaping the profession

• The construction industry needs nearly half a million more workers, particularly those with trades skills and experience, to deliver on project demand

• The Brutalist somehow manages to get the architecture all wrong…The Brutalist won a trio of Oscars, but it failed to say anything meaningful about architecture, writes Edwin Heathcote.

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Until next time,

Emma & Sawyer