The heads of Mortenson, Turner, Gilbane, AECOM Hunt and Powers & Sons in the Windy City talk inclusion, overcoming stereotypes and market dynamics.

It’s Construction Inclusion Week, so now is the perfect time to talk about diversity in Chicago’s Construction scene. Although things have improved, we still have a long way to go. Joining us on Spotlight Chicago to talk about Women in Construction is Mortenson’s Sheryl Van Anne and Turner Construction Company’s Kate Van Zeyl.

Lakeside Alliance is thrilled to be featured in episode 811 of Built to Last, the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council’s program exploring the skill, training and artistry of trade union members and contractors.

Lakeside Alliance is thrilled to be featured in episode 805 of Built to Last, the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council’s program exploring the skill, training and artistry of trade union members and contractors.

On Saturday, Jan. 28th, Lakeside Alliance, Builders of the Obama Presidential Center, hosted the Learning with Lakeside Alliance Career Fair.

"You can't be what you can't see. So, our main goal here is for kids to see all the options that there are out there," said Kelly Powers-Baria with the Lakeside Alliance.

Chicago high school students are now able to get a jumpstart on their future with a career fair hosted at the Future Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park.

Este sábado 28 de enero se realizará una feria para los estudiantes de secundaria, la cual estará enfocada en el área de la construcción.

On Saturday, January 28th, Lakeside Alliance, builder of the Obama Presidential Center, will host the Learning with Lakeside Alliance Career Fair.

The Learning with Lakeside Career Fair will be a great opportunity for young people to meet with representatives from trade unions, learn about pathways to careers in engineering, accounting, architecture and technology, and more, all on the site of the historic Obama Presidential Center project.

On Saturday Jan. 28th, Lakeside Alliance, the organization behind the Obama Presidential Center project, will be hosting an on-site career fair for high school students.

On September 28, 2022, the Obama Foundation and Lakeside Alliance joined elected officials, business owners, and members of the Obama Presidential Center workforce and business communities for a special ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the Lakeside Alliance Resource Center in Woodlawn.

Obama Foundation and Lakeside Alliance representatives, elected officials, business owners and members of the Obama Presidential Center workforce and business communities cut a ribbon to celebrate the opening of the Lakeside Alliance Resource Center in Woodlawn on Sept. 28.

Only 18% of the Obama Foundation's expenditures towards constructing the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park have been utilized to date, but 52% of those contracts have gone to minority- and women-owned business enterprises, the organization said in its first yearly workforce report.