Thank you for your input and feedback.

Building Commission NSW is pleased to announce the results from this research are now available. Read the Women in Construction report here.

Based on your feedback, the report offers informed recommendations to increase women’s participation in the industry and address some of the systemic challenges they face in their career.

The Building Commission NSW would like to acknowledge your participation and consultation during this large undertaking of research. Approximately 1,792 people across NSW participated in this research, with valuable feedback collected from a broad section of the community including men, women, students, and the general public.

Through the ‘Have Your Say’ survey, the 36 individual one-on-one interviews and the 9 focus groups conducted, this research has highlighted some of the key issues experienced by both women and men in the industry.

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Have Your Say engagement

In late 2023, we held a consultation for public feedback and input on ways to make the construction industry a better place to work.

Only 13% of people working in the NSW construction industry are women.

We want to understand how gender influences people’s experiences and views on working in the construction industry.

Making the construction industry open to everyone can help bring more people into jobs that need filling.

A diverse and inclusive construction industry can bring more innovation, productivity and a better economy for NSW.

The key findings from this research are available to read in the Women in Construction Report.

Privacy collection notice

Women in Construction Research

• What is this project about?
  On behalf of the Office of the NSW Building Commissioner (OBC), the Department of Customer Service (DCS) is gathering research insights and data to better understand the hurdles women face in the building and construction industry. The data collected from our research will help guide the OBC in shaping future strategies and initiatives.
  
• Involvement 
  Your participation is entirely voluntary. You don’t have to take part in any part of this research if you don’t want to. You can decide to leave our focus groups or interviews at any time or choose not to answer certain questions without giving a reason. There are no consequences for you if you decide not to participate or answer particular questions.
  
• How can I provide feedback about the project?
  If you have any feedback or concerns about the project, please contact Kate Crowley, Senior Service Designer at DCS:  kate.crowley@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
  
• What will you ask me? 
  We will ask you about your experience of women working in the construction industry. We are interested in knowing what caused you to leave the industry, and how we may be able to improve the current policies in order to help women continue to work in the construction industry.
  
• How will you use what I tell you?
  What you tell us will be used for the purposes of this project only. Your response will be combined with other participants' responses to create a summary that will be used to better understand the journey of women working construction and how the Government can better support them. 

Privacy collection notice

• Why are we collecting your personal information?
  On behalf of OBC, DCS is collecting your personal and/or health informationthrough this survey. The purpose of the collection is to gather research insights and data to better understand the hurdles women face in the building and construction industry. The data collected from our research will help guide the OBC in shaping strategies and initiatives to help attract and retain women in working in the construction industry.
  As a NSW government agency, we are subject to the NSW Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (in regard to personal information) and the NSW Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (in regard to health information).

• What personal information do we collect?
  
  We will collect the following information from you:

• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Language

• Disability
• Health
• Region

If you are expressing interest in participating in a focus group or interview, we will also collect:

• Name
• Contact details

• How will we use and disclose this information?

DCS is collecting your personal and/or health information and will use the personal information we collect for the purposes of the Women in Construction Research Project.

We will use it to create a report and recommendations to help improve the recruitment, retention and experiences of women in the construction industry.

If you have expressed interest in being part of a focus group or interview, we will use the information to select and contact participants.

We will not disclose this information to any other party, unless you provide your consent or we are required or authorised to do so by law.

• Are you required by law to provide us with this information?

Providing us with the requested information is not required by law. However, if you choose not to provide us with the requested information, we may not be able to use your responses to help inform the report and recommendations.

• How long will we keep the personal and/or health information?

We will keep recordings and other information that may personally identify you for the duration of the project, which is expected to be approximately 18 weeks. We will then delete any personally identifiable information. We will keep deidentified notes of the recordings and surveys after the end of the project.

• Further information
  You have a legal right to access and update your personal information. For more information about how you can access or amend your personal information, please contact us at GME@customerservice.nsw.gov.au or at McKell building, 2-24 Rawson Place, Sydney NSW, 2000.
  
  Have your say engagements are run by the NSW Department of Customer Service (McKell Building, 2-4 Rawson Place, Haymarket NSW 2000). For privacy information about your use of the NSW Government website generally, please see the NSW Government’s website privacy statement. You can contact our Privacy Coordinator by calling 13 77 88 or by emailing Privacy@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.