Mortenson and Metro are working to improve access to both minority- and woman-owned contracting businesses as well as helping ease the pathways for minorities and women looking to enter the trades as a career. Progress reports from Mortenson indicates their efforts are delivering results. To date, the overall workforce is approaching 29% people of color and 8% women. Apprenticeship hours are significantly over goal at 28%.
Social equity workforce numbers: July 2019 progress report
Chart provided by Mortenson. The data used to create these charts is available in the "progress reports" section. All utilization hours reported are through the previous month.
Workforce equity
| |
Project goal |
Market Availability |
Project actuals, to date |
| People of color |
30% |
18.3% |
28.7% |
| Female |
15% |
3.2% |
7.6% |
Business equity program
| |
Project goal |
Status |
| COBID |
20% |
28.5% |
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