Women in construction are still very much in the minority. The figures speak for themselves: of all construction workers, only 8 percent are women. But those women certainly stand their ground! With the same ease with which they use a curling iron, these tough ladies operate a crane, concrete mixer or bulldozer.
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Foreman Frederique has to manage several construction projects simultaneously in Amsterdam. Carpenter Maaike is finishing a new residential area in Katwijk. Joy from Brabant goes out with her brother-in-law to place some wall panels and builder Boukje is going to lay a new foundation with her very impressive milling machine.
Chief engineer Angelique and her team are installing a new ventilation system in the naval port of Den Helder. Petra is going to lay a cement screed in a new cinema in Leeuwarden. Tanja is going to pile the foundation of a house and plasterer Nadine is allowed to work on a villa.
Construction veteran Tanja has been working on the pile driver for 25 years and today she is going to build the foundation for a sewer in Amsterdam. Crane operator Jessica is going to lift a speed with her tower crane in the Rotterdam region. Plasterer in training Nadine goes to plastering school and sisters Angela and Jacqueline give a tour of the warehouse of their reinforcing steel braiding company.
Women in construction are still very much in the minority. The figures speak for themselves: of all construction workers, only 8 percent are women. But those women certainly stand their ground! With the same ease with which they use a curling iron, these tough ladies operate a crane, concrete mixer or bulldozer.
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