“You must use me — I’m a certified business!” I have heard this phrase way too often in the past 13 years. I work hard to train Association of Women Contractors (AWC) members about what certification means and what it doesn’t mean. I cringe when I...
Devi James, Minnesota Demolition Company, hired Patrick North, SitesForBuilders.com, to help redesign her new website: “As I transitioned my company from Scrapbusters to Minnesota Demolition Company, I wanted a new site to represent our new name and the...
Cyber Security: Boring – Yep. Confusing – Yep. Costly – Yep, Yep. What Cyber Security is not: someone else’s concern. I am coming off a 6-week process of renewing the AWC cyber insurance. We take Cyber Security extremely important and work hard to protect our...
Board Member Erika Scherman hired Creations Cabinets for a personal kitchen project. See photos of completed work below: “Maelei and her team did a wonderful job on our kitchen cabinets and counters in our personal home. Most recently we used them to supply...
How it All Began: The History of AWC In honor of Women in Construction Week I want to recognize how a handful of women started the AWC. The founding members were trail blazers at a time when women owned business in this industry was rare and females in the workforce...