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Table 3

Themes relating to gender diversity and inclusion

Theme	Illustrative quotation
Women well represented in professional roles	“Just having female engineers in this team for me has made a phenomenal difference … It's just nice to feel supported by your fellow females. That's definitely a big difference for me”
Hard to recruit women in trades	“We typically don't have many females in our trades … But there's definitely discussions around it and how to improve it … at the end of the day we can request as many females as possible, but the reality is there's just not many out there in our service trades right now anyway”
Inclusion initiatives	We have just changed all of our [role names from] foremen to site supervisors”
Industry culture makes it hard for women with dependent children	“It's still very difficult for mothers to work in site roles I think. It's doable, but at what cost? And then, it [the draft Culture Standard] definitely helps, but I still think it's a pretty cutthroat, pretty consuming industry”
Inappropriate comments	“… one of the guys onsite said, ‘you look really good in those pants today. They make you look really good’ … The same guy, he used to always ask me questions about me and my partner? How is our relationship? Do you think it's going to last between us? … I said, ‘that's none of your business'”
Reluctance to report	So I'm never comfortable going to HR [Human Resources] with complaints because I feel like they're going to go, she's a troublemaker, get rid of her, we won't keep her for another project, she's a troublemaker. So, you put a target on your back if you complain, that's the way it feels everywhere you go”

Theme	Illustrative quotation
Women well represented in professional roles	“Just having female engineers in this team for me has made a phenomenal difference … It's just nice to feel supported by your fellow females. That's definitely a big difference for me”
Hard to recruit women in trades	“We typically don't have many females in our trades … But there's definitely discussions around it and how to improve it … at the end of the day we can request as many females as possible, but the reality is there's just not many out there in our service trades right now anyway”
Inclusion initiatives	We have just changed all of our [role names from] foremen to site supervisors”
Industry culture makes it hard for women with dependent children	“It's still very difficult for mothers to work in site roles I think. It's doable, but at what cost? And then, it [the draft Culture Standard] definitely helps, but I still think it's a pretty cutthroat, pretty consuming industry”
Inappropriate comments	“… one of the guys onsite said, ‘you look really good in those pants today. They make you look really good’ … The same guy, he used to always ask me questions about me and my partner? How is our relationship? Do you think it's going to last between us? … I said, ‘that's none of your business'”
Reluctance to report	So I'm never comfortable going to HR [Human Resources] with complaints because I feel like they're going to go, she's a troublemaker, get rid of her, we won't keep her for another project, she's a troublemaker. So, you put a target on your back if you complain, that's the way it feels everywhere you go”