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The 2024 Construction Champions embody a diverse array of expertise and steadfast dedication, selected from over 400 entries of extraordinary women who are shaping the industry for the better.

While building some of the country’s most important projects, these women also act as mentors, teachers and advocates to elevate construction and make it an attractive career option for others.

A team of six Construction Dive editors examined each nominee’s depth of experience in the industry, as well as her commitment to leadership and mentorship. The 31 talented women highlighted here stand as shining examples of how intuition, dedication and intelligence are making the industry a more diverse, productive and welcoming place for all.

Read on for more about each of these exceptional women, and know that there are many more like them impacting construction throughout the country.

Here is a list of categories:

Rising Stars — Although they are some of construction’s youngest employees, these women have already made a mark on the industry.

Up-and-Coming Leaders — They are known as hard-working change agents in their companies and in the broader construction community.

Mentors — These women not only help others break into the industry but have long strived to make it a better place for all who work in it.

Tradeswoman Leaders — They use their hands and their heads to shape commercial construction and promote the industry’s career benefits for all.

Industry Veterans — These women are stalwarts of the industry, well known in their fields and respected by all who work with them.

TRADESWOMAN LEADERS

• Skylar Dossenbach

Site Superintendent, Renewable Energy Group, Rosendin

“I choose to work in construction so that I can build a quality product I am proud of, with others I have trained and mentored to be the best they can be.”

Skylar Dossenbach started her 19-year career with an IBEW Local 11 apprenticeship in Los Angeles and now oversees some of the largest renewable energy projects in the country, creating unique solutions to tricky construction challenges along the way.

In the final year of her apprenticeship, Dossenbach joined San Jose, California-based Rosendin, building schools in California and quickly grew into the role of foreman. In 2015, she was promoted to general foreman and shifted to Rosendin’s Renewable Energy Group. For the last four years, Dossenbach has worked as a site supervisor in Texas on projects like the Aktina Renewable Power Project and Danish Fields Solar Mechanical Project.

Working in renewables has required Dossenbach to adapt constantly, moving from one project to the next with new crews, new equipment, new vendors and new challenges at every site. She’s crisscrossed the country setting up solar facilities in more than a dozen states, building lasting relationships with unions, owners and workers along the way.

Dossenbach demonstrates a genuine care for her team, her nominator said, advocating for and empowering them to take the next career step and placing them in positions where they will succeed. She also shares the joy of building with middle schoolers through the Rosendin Foundation’s Camp Build in Austin, Texas.