# Flintco Forward: The Challenges and Advantages of Being a Woman in Construction

Published 2020-03-07 · Updated 2026-06-09 · Engineering & Construction on MarketScale
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> Bhavna Nim, Sarah Nario, and Alex Janota are just three of Flintco’s many female professionals succeeding in the heavily male-dominated construction industry. On this episode of the Flintco Forward podcast, host Shelby Skrhak sat down with these three successful women to discuss their different pathways to a career in construction and offer advice for the…

[Bhavna Nim](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/bhavna-nim/), [Sarah Nario](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/sarah-nario/), and [Alex Janota](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/alex-janota/) are just three of [Flintco’s](https://flintco.com/) many female professionals succeeding in the heavily male-dominated construction industry.

On this episode of the Flintco Forward podcast, host Shelby Skrhak sat down with these three successful women to discuss their different pathways to a career in construction and offer advice for the next generation in the industry.

A mere 9% of the construction industry is comprised of women, and only 3% are employed in hands-on production roles as opposed to administration, human resources and marketing roles that make up the bulk of jobs in construction.

Though they’ve found a home at Flintco, which has been a repeat winner of [Constructech](https://constructech.com/) magazine’s “Women in Construction” awards, Nim, Nario, and Janota will tell you they’ve faced plenty of obstacles getting to where they are now.

Family members told Janota, a project manager at Flintco and Vice President of the Austin chapter of the [National Association of Women in Construction](https://www.nawic.org/nawic/default.asp), to consider choosing “something a little more feminine like nursing or teaching,” she said.

Nim, virtual design and construction manager for Flintco, said she’s also experienced these types of microaggressions. “But I wasn’t going to be dissuaded,” Nim said.

Nario, a senior estimator at Flintco, has found at least one surprising advantage to being a woman in the male-dominant construction industry.

“I think my presence actually keeps people in check with regards to their attitudes and behavior,” she said.

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