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Upstate Women Construction Forum Celebrates Five Years of Lifting Up Women in the Industry

by Joan Krause on August 12, 2024

The Women Construction Forum (WCF), a group of female construction professionals based in the Upstate region of South Carolina, recently marked its fifth anniversary with an after-work celebration at Bridgeway Brewing, one of the first tenants to open at the new multi-use development Bridgeway Station in Mauldin, located off I-385 South in Greenville. This event was made…

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Women Construction Professionals Support Greenville Tech Students in Welding Program and Architectural Engineering

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on March 1, 2024

Members of the Women Construction Forum (WCF), a group comprising female industry professionals in residential and commercial construction in the Upstate region of South Carolina, recently made a $600 donation to the Greenville Technical College (GTC) Welding department. The donation was intended to provide welding gear for one of their 12 female students. “Having female…

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Women Construction Forum: Three Years of Impactful Growth

by GroundBreak Carolinas on March 5, 2022

The Women Construction Forum (WCF), an Upstate, S.C. based group of female construction professionals, had an impactful year in both membership growth and community outreach efforts.  Co-founded in 2019 by Angela Gardner, Business Development Director for Hill Electric, and Rachel Veltri, owner of Neves Construction, WCF exists to “help build up women and their voices…

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Women Construction Forum Members Share Construction Journeys with Local High School Students

by Women Construction Forum on April 20, 2021

The Women in Construction Forum (“WCF”), an Upstate, S.C.-based group of female industry professionals in residential, commercial, and industrial construction, recently held a two-part interactive learning session at Anderson Districts I and II’s Career and Technology Center (“ACTC”) to encourage and educate female students coming into the trade industry. Speaking to a group of approximately…

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Women Construction Forum – A Special Support Network that Lives Out its Mission

by Rachel Veltri, Co-Founder, Women Construction Forum on March 13, 2021

Women Construction Forum (WCF) currently has around 12 members here in the Upstate region of South Carolina.  We are women with “field experience” in construction – a diverse group of professional architects, contractors, engineers, and project managers, among others. Last year was our first full year as a group and we accomplished a lot despite…

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Women Construction Forum Participates in Community Project Benefiting Safe Harbor Non-Profit

by GroundBreak Staff Report on October 16, 2020

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Nine members of the Women Construction Forum recently participated in a project build benefiting local non-profit Safe Harbor, a non-profit that offers a continuum of services for survivors of domestic violence and their children across four counties of Upstate South Carolina. The forum is comprised of 15 professional women in the construction…

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