Women in Construction Week – Dawn Barone

Acres is celebrating ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค by highlighting the contributions of the wonderful women that make up our team!

Get to know Dawn Barone, a Project Manager with Acresโ€™ General Department.

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ.

The Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of your project. There is constant monitoring and adjustments that are required during any build to ensure that timelines, budgets, regulatory requirements, and customer needs are all met. Because of this, the position demands the ability to remain highly organized yet remaining flexible while operating within a highly dynamic environment.

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

Iโ€™ve always been interested in the building process and prefer working in an environment where the results can be physically seen. When I started my career, I began in administrative work as that was what I felt I should do. However, as my career progressed, I found myself drawn in by the scale and tangibility of large-scale builds. The feeling I got from being involved in those projects, continued to pull me deeper into the build process.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›?

The first and most important thing I enjoy about my job, is my team! Working with such supportive and collaborative people has allowed me to push myself out of my comfort zone and into unfamiliar territory. I am still learning and gaining experience in my position, to have a great team that shares like goals is critical.
Secondly, is the variety this position offers. There is nothing routine about managing construction builds. Everyday and every project needs to be approached differently. Working with such a variety of trades, customers, and teammates, means there are always different personalities and competing interests. As a Project Manager, you need to be at the center of that chaos to keep everything flowing towards common objectives to ensure successful completion.

It is not an easy position, but itโ€™s extremely rewarding when a satisfied customer takes possession of their new building.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ?

Donโ€™t be afraid of previous mindsets around construction and embrace an industry that is constantly evolving. Be confident and embrace the challenges. If youโ€™re willing push and challenge yourself, you will find that it is an extremely rewarding career choice.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ?

Though the industry is different today than it was even 10 years ago, there are gender bias and equality issues that linger. There is lots of room for improvement but, with more women in leadership roles and the industryโ€™s constant drive for change and acceptance for all individuals, I am encouraged and excited to see more woman choosing a career in construction.