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Empowering Women in Construction: How Technology Can Bridge the Gap and Unlock Opportunities

The Daily Guardian

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June 28, 2025

Women are stepping into more roles across the construction sector, from planning and design to engineering and on-site coordination.

- SAKSHI KATYAL

Empowering Women in Construction: How Technology Can Bridge the Gap and Unlock Opportunities

With over 40 million workers, India's construction industry has room to grow women's presence in skilled and supervisory positions.

As digital systems and automated tools become more common, they're streamlining operations, improving safety, and making information more accessible. These advances reduce barriers that once restricted women's participation due to physical demands or outdated practices. With targeted training and the right workplace support, technology can make construction a more inclusive and balanced field.

TECHNOLOGY IS RESHAPING ROLES
With tools like Building Information Modeling (BIM), drones, AR-based training, and automation, many construction tasks have moved beyond physical execution to data management, simulation, and remote supervision. These roles rely on precision and decision-making, not physical strength, which opens up space for more diverse participation.

Online training and certification platforms, backed by both government and private groups, are offering programs in safety, site planning, digital construction tools, and project oversight. Since many of these are remote, women can access them despite social or family restrictions.

LABOUR MANAGEMENT IS BEING REWRITTEN
Among all functional areas in construction, labour management has seen the most noticeable shift through ply, unclear task allocation, or subcontractor gaps can now be tracked systematically.

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