Inclusive Construction Initiative
Welcome
The initiative shares the progress the University and UChicago Medicine have made toward ambitious construction diversity goals established in 2017 through regular reports.
News & Partner Profiles
Camille McKenzie
Every time Camille McKenzie and her daughter pass a construction site, the five-year-old says, “That’s where Mommy works!” “She’s proud of her mom,” says McKenzie, a laborer working for Turner Construction on the Rubenstein Forum building at 60th and Woodlawn.
J.R. Fleming
When J.R. Fleming arrived at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the first session of the Turner School of Construction Management in 2018, he was feeling skeptical. “I wondered if it was going to be smoke and mirrors,” he says, because as a...
Powers & Sons Construction Company: A Community Partner in Building Community
The University of Chicago celebrates the existing infrastructure and rich cultural assets of its adjacent communities.
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The University of Chicago encourages contractors to hire minority and female construction workers, particularly from neighboring zip codes, to work on major University projects.
Photos by Christine Kirzeder