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As Women in Construction Week wraps up this Saturday, I've been thinking about what it means to me. I could talk about the numbers (they are bad; women are roughly 14% of the construction workforce, and a fraction of that in the trades and leadership roles), but I'd rather talk about why that gap is so detrimental to an industry that desperately needs new thinking. Here's what I know after 25 years in architecture and development: innovation doesn't happen where everyone is c

When it comes to wildfire safety, the term "fireproof" is often used, but in reality, no home is truly fireproof. If somebody makes this...