In support of International Women’s Day and the #ChooseToChallenge campaign, we will be showing how and why EDI must be extended across our sector.

CIHT has been at the forefront of advocating for greater Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across the highways and transportation sector. Recent examples have been our Routes to Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit and the implementation of our CIHT Diversity & Inclusion Charter - providing employers with guidance / support on how to recruit, retain and develop a diverse workforce.

In addition, CIHT has signed the ‘Tomorrow’s Engineer Code’, pledging to work toward common goals to increase the diversity and number of young people entering engineering careers. We will continue to demonstrate how our industry must implement change to deliver exceptional infrastructure while creating an environment that attracts and retains a progressive workforce.

Aside from pushing for systemic change, I am pleased that CIHT is taking firm steps to promote a more diverse and inclusive industry through sharing best practice and celebrating contributions from a variety of individuals and members in our events and through widening representation opportunities in our governance structures.

Over the next year CIHT will embark on an ambitious EDI activity programme that will see us #ChooseToChallenge perceived industry perceptions and stereotypes and lead the way in accelerating change the highways and transportation sector