“You must use me — I’m a Certified Business”

“You must use me — I’m a Certified Business”

“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...
MN Demolition Company/SitesForBuilders.com

MN Demolition Company/SitesForBuilders.com

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...
The World of Cyber Security

The World of Cyber Security

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...
Erika Scherman / Creations Cabinets

Erika Scherman / Creations Cabinets

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

How It All Began

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...