2023 Women in Construction: Michelle Hennessey, Methuen Construction Company, Inc.

What made you interested in seeking a career in the AEC industry? Having worked 30 years in industries ranging from banking to dry cleaning to IT staffing, I was thrilled and a little scared to enter the human resources department of an industrial construction company in 2016. Little did I know that the bond I would create with these teammates would be stronger than in any previous industry. The need for each teammate to rely on the other and work closely and in sometimes pretty tight quarters, with some even living with one another during the week, at remote jobsites, makes for an incredible challenge and remarkable reward to participate in that team building.