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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X V J U LY 2 5 , 2 0 2 2 22 R E A L E S TAT E / C O N S T R U C T I O N / E N G I N E E R I N G F O C U S 'Growing up in dirt piles' Like a lot of women in construction, Landry/French's Curley got her first taste of construction at a young age, with uncles in the trades and a mother who worked for a demolition company. "Instead of putting me in day care, she would bring me to her demo sites," says Curley, who recently got her mas- ter's degree in occupational health and safety from Keene State College in New Hampshire. Just two years into her construction career, she started as a safety intern for Reed & Reed in the Hancock County town of Aurora inspecting 400-foot-tall wind turbines. "I was petrified at first, but once I got up there, I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I never want to climb down,'" says Curley, a safety coordinator at Landry/ French since December 2020. "Safety isn't always the easiest job, to have to tell somebody,' You can't do that,' but you have to know how to talk to people, and I love talking a lot," she says. Building sites were also a child- hood backdrop for Christina Consigli, whose great-great grandfather founded Milford, Mass.-based Consigli Construction Co. Inc. in 1905. e daughter of CEO Anthony Consigli and niece of President Matthew Consigli, she's a Portland-based senior project manager at the firm, which is owned by its 1,600 employees, includ- ing 120 in Maine. "I grew up in a bunch of dirt piles, so I was exposed to what construction is," she says. Currently working on two projects at Colby College in Waterville, she jokes about having a "glamorous" trailer with a bathroom — "which as a female is very exciting." She says she also appreciates d being involved in the firm's women's employee resource group for "more of a voice at Consigli and the industry" and culture that allowed her to return part-time after her maternity leave. Colleague Stacey Harris took a different route into the profession, recalling the time in high school she first heard the word "engineering" and thinking it meant driving trains. Later » C O N T I N U E D F RO M P R E V I O U S PA G E In the event you experience an unfortunate incident at your facility, have a visit from a compliance officer, enter into an OSHA settlement agreement, or want to know your current level of OSHA compliance, our CSPs and CIHs are ready to assist with OSHA: · Compliance Program Development · Side-by-side air and exposure monitoring · Incident investigation assistance and auditing · Recordkeeping audits and training · Compliance gap assessments · Training on "What to do if/when OSHA comes knocking at your door." airpf.com 888.918.4193 Hardworking YOUR TEAM IS HARDWORKING, YOU NEED OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT WORK JUST AS HARD. Seven clinic locations in Maine and a range of customizable services provide individual attention and team success. workhealthllc.org 1.844.WRKHLTH(1.844.975.4584) Presque Isle | Bangor | Ellsworth | Pittsfield | Waterville | Portland Camaraderie and conferences E very spring, Portland-based law firm Bernstein Shur organizes an annual Women in Construction and Project Management event that con- tinues to grow. "We started with 50 women and last time we were up to 200," says Asha Echeverria, a civil engineer- turned-lawyer in Bernstein Shur's con- struction practice group who finds the annual gathering most useful for the camaraderie and networking. "When I look around the room, that really is the joy," she says. Another, lesser-known resource for women in the industry is the Maine chapter of the National Association for Women in Construction, which provides education, community and advocacy for its members, currently at around 37. "We joke that we're the best-kept secret in the construction world," says chapter president Heather Groves, owner of Cole River consultants and a sum- mer contract worker for the Maine Department of Transportation. Thinking back to her first construction job when she worked with a lot of men her grandfather's age, she says, "I'm glad things are changing." P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Asha Echeverria of the law firm Bernstein Shur. I grew up in a bunch of dirt piles, so I was exposed to what construction is. — Christina Consigli Consigli Construction Co.

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