WPI Celebrates Women in Construction Week

April 2024

WPI Celebrates Women in Construction Week

HOUSTON, TX — WPI recently acknowledged Women in Construction Week by highlighting the company's only female Vice President, Branch Manager, and Welder on its social media pages, as well as ending the week off with a lunch to celebrate women in construction on International Women's Day. WPI also ordered women in construction shirts for women in the division.

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Government

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