More female role models needed, says rising civil engineering star

摘要

Bechtel senior engineer Claire Rose, a nominee for the Rising Star category of the 2015 Women in Construction Awards, shares the moment she took the first passenger train across the Elevated Railway in Reading after managing its construction. She explains how it felt to pass her professional review, and what she thinks would inspire more women to join the profession and how she is helping young engineers. What first piqued your interest in civil engineering? Both of my parents are engineers and my mother is a civil engineer. I was fortnate in that I was able to see the opportunities available first hand, and from an early age.