Why We Love Construction: Pride Month Jun 2019

27 June 2019

We round up the reasons why we love construction during Pride month.

1. Look out for Building Equality at Pride!

Happy Pride Month! 🥳
Building Equality will be at Pride in Salford 22 Jun, London 6 Jul, Bristol 13 Jul, Sparkle Pride 13/14 Jul, Northern Pride 20 Jul, Leeds 4 Aug, Glasgow 17 Aug & Manchester 24 Aug. See you there! #BuildingEquality #PrideMonth2019 #construction #LGBTQIA 🌈🚜 pic.twitter.com/psaMFiznL6
— Building Equality (@BuildingEqLGBT) June 3, 2019

2. We love mascot, Jojo at Salford Pride!

We have our very own #BuildingEquality mascot, Jojo, at @salfordprideuk today. Come along and say hello #BuildingEquality pic.twitter.com/XR9DpwE35K
— Building Equality (@BuildingEqLGBT) June 22, 2019

3. Great transformation and fantastic support for Pride

A big thanks to our #lighting team for transforming the #ArupLondon reception in celebration of #PrideMonth. Find us at #Pride2019 events across the #UK marching with @BuildingEqLGBT 🌈🚜 pic.twitter.com/vuNOs87qCk
— Arup UKIMEA (@ArupUKIMEA) June 13, 2019

4. Be proud of who you are just like Christina is

Not all #Engineers look the same . Proud to be a #Transgender woman in #construction #InternationalWomenInEngineeringDay #INWED19 #INWED pic.twitter.com/gixPi5b4XS
— LGBTConstruct 🏳️🌈Christina Riley (@LGBTconstruct) June 23, 2019

5. We totally agree

"Education is the key to empowering the #LGBT+ community and allies to call out inappropriate behaviour, and help to build a wholly inclusive industry." Luke Ives @civicengineers @BuildingEqLGBT #FIR @fir4us https://t.co/9JSEAFSufn pic.twitter.com/Ye7kVHuGW2
— VGCGroup (@VGCGroup) May 31, 2019

6. Thanks for your support Grace

Had an awesome time marching with @BuildingEqLGBT in the #BirminghamPride parade with the #RainbowJCB! #LoveOutLoud 🌈 @ArupUKIMEA pic.twitter.com/ursOw2yy7G
— Grace Pownall (@GracePownall25) May 25, 2019

7. We are excited! Congratulations RAW #UnderOneRoof

📢 Make sure to keep your eyes peeled as #UnderOneRoof, the winning float by @RAWLDN, takes to the streets to represent architecture & LGBT+ architects at @PrideInLondon & @ManchesterPride this summer 🌈 We hope you're as excited as we are! @ArchitectLGBT @WeAreMcAlpine pic.twitter.com/2DEp8uTC2A
— London Festival of Architecture (@LFArchitecture) June 20, 2019

8. Looking good Steve! #KierLGBT

Very excitied that our T-shirts have arrived for London #Pride! This year will see the largest #Kier contingent taking part in the days celebrations.

#kierlgbt# #wholeself https://t.co/JMYJXdmsap
— Stevelgbt+construct (@StevelgbtC) June 14, 2019

9. Powerful message, well said

Last night, @TidewayLondon and @InterEngLGBT hosted a brilliant, thought-provoking event to mark #PrideMonth & celebrate #diversity within our sector.

The inspiring line-up of speakers had an important message: we can all be allies 🌈💪💜#LGBTHM19 @LGBTHM #EngDiversity pic.twitter.com/QDrl5JfCxk
— NatInfraCommission (@NatInfraCom) June 7, 2019

10. Mace celebrates their LGBT+ employees and allies

Mace is very proud to be celebrating #Pridemonth - as part of our celebrations, we’re highlighting some of the fantastic LGBT+ people and allies that work for us all over the world #prideatmace #Pride2019 pic.twitter.com/3LwYYrWJRY
— Mace (@MaceGroup) June 19, 2019

11. Great picture, great values

#Pride 🏳️🌈: 'Promoting and supporting diversity & inclusion in the workplace is an important commitment we make to our people - it’s about valuing everyone in Wood as an individual.' Hear from Dr. Simon Quinn, in our latest blog: https://t.co/HjF65OmpWO pic.twitter.com/8DD9IpBy18
— Wood (@Woodplc) June 14, 2019

12. RICS North unite and embrace inclusivity

Pride | We're proud to be supporting @BuildingEqLGBT & our members including @ArupGroup @kiergroup @MaceGroup at the upcoming Salford & Manchester Pride events https://t.co/TYIzzp2VWy

Together we can make a difference in creating a more inclusive workforce #LGBTPride pic.twitter.com/ym12IxmCFj
— RICS North (@RICSNorth) June 17, 2019

13. We're loving your new fleet too

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We’re loving our new rainbow fleet which have appeared on site ahead of our first match of Pride season. We’re at @prideinlondon next weekend with @buildingeqlgbt . . . #Pride #Rainbow #lgbt #Equality

A post shared by BAM Nuttall (@bamnuttall) on Jun 25, 2019 at 3:12am PDT

14. You're an inspiration Dominic!

You better werk!

'I'm a #CivilEngineer but I'm also a #DragQueen'

- Dominic Cronin, Graduate Civil Engineer, @bwbconsulting for #WhatIsCivilEngineering

SISSY THAT WALK 👉 https://t.co/hvY043nPQk #EngDiversity #LGBTinEng @InterEngLGBT pic.twitter.com/GfgthrPPII
— ICE (@ICE_engineers) May 16, 2019

15. Nothing to do with construction... but everyone should feel proud of themselves!

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✨🌈 Be PROUD of yourself 🌈✨ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • #pride #pridemonth #pridemonth2019 #pridefest #prideedinburgh #prideuk #proud #holipowder #holi #boopmynose #boop #bordercollie #bordercollieworld #bordercollienation #bordercolliegram #bordercolliesofinstagram #bordercollieslovers #collie #colliesofinstagram #dog #dogsofinstagram #dogsofinsta #dogstagram #dogsbeingbasic #dogphotography #bestwoof10k #explore #adventure #adventuredog #wanderlust

A post shared by ｓｏｐｈｉｅ & ｎｉｋｏ (@sophie_and_niko) on Jun 20, 2019 at 8:25am PDT

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