Gilbane Receives Associated General Contractors Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Award

Gilbane Building Company received the 2023 Associated General Contractors Large Contractor Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Award at the AGC annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A commitment to diversity and inclusion must be continuous to effect change. The company focuses on programs and outreach to enhance opportunity for participation from diverse businesses on all its projects, including its Gilbane Rising Contractor program, which is designed to help grow certified trade contractors.

In March of 2022, the firm announced its commitment to generating $4 billion in awards to minority-, women-, disadvantaged, LGBTBE and veteran-owned businesses over the next five years. Tactics in exceeding this goal include also instituting a 20% combined diverse business enterprise participation minimum on all projects nationwide, regardless of client requirements.

Gilbane has created dedicated roles focused on both economic and internal inclusion and diversity. To help drive economic inclusion, the company develops procurement strategies designed to maximize participation, engages diverse subcontractor participation through outreach, encourages meaningful contracting opportunities, initiates mentor-protégé relationships, creates strategies to help firms build capacity and examines ways to reduce barriers to success. The company focuses on internal inclusion and diversity efforts with leadership support from an internal Inclusion & Diversity Council, through trainings and education related to unconscious bias and other topics, employee resource groups, a multi-pronged strategic plan and other initiatives.