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NAWIC Columbia

NAWIC-Columbia Hosts Inaugural Construction Kids Discovery and Awareness Day

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on April 14, 2019

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Columbia (S.C.) Chapter #113 hosted its inaugural Construction Kids Discovery and Awareness Day on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Lexington Technology Center in Lexington, S.C. This educational community event provided children with a hands-on opportunity to see and touch heavy machinery and meet the people who play…

Topics: Business, Workforce
Block Kids Building Program, Community, NAWIC Columbia

NAWIC-Columbia Installs New Officers and Board for 2018-2019

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on October 20, 2018

NAWIC Columbia S.C. Chapter #113 recently installed Officers and Board of Directors (2018-2019) during a candle lighting ceremony. Officers  President: Susan Clary, Mashburn Construction Company President-Elect: Nichole Kopenhaver, McCrory Construction Vice President: Sheila Nelson, McCrory Construction Recording Secretary: Rhae Sutphin, Watts Roofing Corresponding Secretary: Adair Stevenson, ESP Associates, Inc. Treasurer: Krystal Young, Carolina Tap &…

Topics: People
Mashburn Construction, McCrory Construction, NAWIC, NAWIC Columbia

McCrory Construction’s Sheila Nelson Named NAWIC-Columbia Member of the Year

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on October 9, 2018

Columbia, South Carolina — McCrory Construction is pleased to announce that Shelia Nelson, CIT, project assistant, has been named Member of the Year by the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC)’s Columbia S.C. Chapter #113. Nelson received the award last month at Columbia-NAWIC’s Annual Employer Appreciation Breakfast. Nelson is NAWIC-Columbia’s incoming Chapter Vice President…

Topics: People
McCrory Construction, NAWIC, NAWIC Columbia

NAWIC Announces Establishment of Charleston Chapter, Officers and Board

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on August 1, 2018

North Charleston, S.C – A group of 42 new chapter members of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) gathered on July 26, 2018, at Charleston Electrical Contractors Association (CECA) in North Charleston for the organizational meeting of the Palmetto Chapter of SC #385. The chapter elected the following Officers and Board of Directors: President:…

Topics: Business, Contracting
Charleston, NAWIC, NAWIC Columbia, women in construction

Update on NAWIC Chapter “Under Construction” in Greater Charleston

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on July 5, 2018

If you “build it” they will come?  Well, they did – in all their diversity, intelligence, construction-related careers, and curiosity – come to hear about the new chapter that is currently “under construction” in NAWIC’s South Atlantic Region. On June 28, 2018, Columbia NAWIC Chapter #113 (sponsoring chapter) members were present and in force to facilitate the pre-organizational…

Topics: Business, Contracting
NAWIC, NAWIC Columbia, women in construction

NAWIC-Columbia to Host Kick-Off Meeting for Proposed Lowcountry Chapter

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on June 15, 2018

Charleston, S.C.— The Columbia chapter of National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) will host a pre-organizational meeting on June 28, 2018. Interested women in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties who work in a construction industry related field are urged to attend. The event will include two informational sessions where participants will learn more about…

Topics: Business, Contracting
NAWIC, NAWIC Columbia, women in construction

NAWIC-Carolinas Prepares to Celebrate 2018 WIC Week

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on March 3, 2018

NAWIC chapters across the Carolinas have a wide variety of events planned for National Women in Construction (WIC) Week, which runs from March 4-10, 2018. In North Carolina, NAWIC has chapters in Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Fayettville, Greensboro, Piedmont and Raleigh. In South Carolina, there are NAWIC chapters in Columbia and Greenville. North and South Carolina chapters are…

Topics: Contracting, Featured
NAWIC, NAWIC Columbia, NAWIC South Atlantic Region, WIC, women in construction, Women in Construction Week (WIC)

NAWIC’s Block Kids Building Program a Big Hit with S.C. School Children

by Joan Krause, GroundBreak Carolinas on February 3, 2018

On Saturday morning, January 27, 2018, a group of women from the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) in Columbia, S.C., happily awakened early to greet the sweet, smiling and curious faces of local youngsters — kindergarteners through 6th graders. “Each January, NAWIC members in South Carolina and North Carolina join their counterparts across the…

Topics: Education, People
Block Kids Building Program, Clemson CSM, Clemson University, Mashburn Construction, NAWIC, NAWIC Columbia, NAWIC Greenville, NAWIC South Atlantic Region, women in construction

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