Women at Work’ docuseries spotlights women in the construction industry

‘Breaking Barriers: Women at Work’ docuseries spotlights women in the construction industry

A watch party for the docuseries will take place on March 5 at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel

Updated: 12:04 PM PST Feb 24, 2025

OR A 20 STORY COMPLEX, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAS A UNIQUE GRASP OF TRANSFORMING A CITY OR TOWN. BUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, ITS CULTURE HAS ALSO BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS. NOW A NEW FILM SERIES HOPES TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR MORE WOMEN TO ENTER THE INDUSTRY. AND THIS MORNING WE’RE JOINED BY DEENA KIMBALL, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ROYAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UP. LET’S START WITH THIS. YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SEEING FIRSTHAND SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT WOMEN FACE IN THIS INDUSTRY. ABSOLUTELY. SO I’M THIRD GENERATION GROWING UP IN THE COMPANY. MY GRANDFATHER STARTED HERE IN SACRAMENTO IN 1971, AND I GREW UP IN THE BUSINESS, BUT REALLY DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS AN OPEN TO ME FOR A CAREER UNTIL MY DAD INTENTIONALLY INVITED ME TO JOIN, SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST NO WOMEN IN THE COMPANY AT THE TIME. AND SO GROWING UP AS A YOUNG PROJECT ENGINEER, AFTER GRADUATING COLLEGE, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILLING TO MENTOR ME AND HELP ME. AND YET, AS I GOT INTO LEADERSHIP AND I HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AS A COMPANY, THAT’S WHEN I REALLY STARTED TO FEEL THE TYPICAL IMPOSTER SYNDROME AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHAT WE’RE DOING TODAY AT ROYAL ELECTRIC IS WE’RE CREATING A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN REALLY NOT HAVE TO FIT IN, BUT REALLY BE AUTHENTIC AND BE THEMSELVES AND AND KNOW THAT THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES ARE VALUED. YEAH, DEFINITELY. AND TO TO FURTHER THAT NEW FILM SERIES SERIES COMING OUT. SO HOW DOES THIS HELP FURTHER THAT MESSAGE? WE’RE VERY EXCITED. SO OUR DOCU SERIES BREAKING BARRIERS WOMEN AT WORK IS WAS CREATED BY A GREENER TOMORROW. AND THE FOUNDER, JENNIFER TODD, WHO IS ALSO A FEMALE LEADER IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. AND JENNIFER’S VISION IS THAT AS WE TELL STORIES OF WOMEN IN OUR INDUSTRY, WE’LL ENCOURAGE A FUTURE GENERATION OF WOMEN TO JOIN CONSTRUCTION AND STAY AND THRIVE AND JUST REALLY SHOW REPRESENTATION AND THE IMPACT THAT FEMALE LEADERS HAVE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. COULD YOU IMAGINE IF YOU WOULD HAVE HAD A FILM SERIES LIKE THIS SOME ODD YEARS AGO, WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED OUT? HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE MADE FOR YOU? I THINK JUST SEEING OTHER WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLES WOULD HAVE BEEN HUGE. AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE MY AGE NOW IN THE INDUSTRY, WE’VE LEARNED HOW TO DEVELOP PEER NETWORKS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE ALSO HAVE HAD INCREDIBLE MALE ALLIES AND SPONSORS AND MENTORS. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE MEN AND WOMEN TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK TO THE NEW GENERATION AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION AND CONTINUE TO BE THOSE ALLIES AND SPONSORS AND MENTORS. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ATTEND, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE’S A WATCH PARTY COMING UP. YES. WHERE WHERE SHOULD THEY GO TO GET MORE INFORMATION? SO WE’RE VERY EXCITED. OUR WATCH PARTY IS ON MARCH 5TH FROM 3 TO 6 P.M. AT THE KIMPTON SAWYER, AND TICKETS ARE ALMOST SOLD OUT. BUT BREAKING BARRIERS WILL BE RELEASING FOR OTHER ADDITIONAL EPISODES OF STRONG, OUTSTANDING LEADERS IN CONSTRUCTION, AND ALL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WATCH. AND YOU CAN STILL SUPPORT A GREENER TOMORROW AND THEIR MISSION SO THAT YOU CAN FILL MORE BREAKING BARRIERS. WOMEN AT WORK EPISODES AND, YOU KNOW, SHOW TELL THE STORIES OF

‘Breaking Barriers: Women at Work’ docuseries spotlights women in the construction industry

A watch party for the docuseries will take place on March 5 at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel

Updated: 12:04 PM PST Feb 24, 2025

By Sarath Cornelio-Duarte

Whether it’s building a home or a 20-story complex, the construction industry has a unique grasp of transforming a city or town.Over the last several years, its culture has also been a work in progress. A new film series hopes to lay the foundation for more women to enter the industry. On Monday, Royal Electric Company President and CEO Dina Kimble joined KCRA 3 to talk about the film. Kimble said she is a third-generation family member at the company her grandfather started in Sacramento. “I grew up in the business but really didn’t know it was open for me as a career until my dad intentionally invited me to join,” she said. She said there were a lot of people who were willing to mentor her after graduating college as a young project engineer. “And yet as I got into leadership and I had different ideas about what we needed to do as a company, that’s when I really started to feel the typical imposter syndrome,” she said. The docuseries “Breaking Barriers: Women at Work” was created by A Greener Tomorrow. It aims to encourage the next generation of women to join the construction industry. “I think just seeing other women in leadership roles would have been huge,” she said. A watch party for the docuseries will take place on March 5 at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel on J Street in Sacramento.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

Whether it’s building a home or a 20-story complex, the construction industry has a unique grasp of transforming a city or town.

Over the last several years, its culture has also been a work in progress. A new film series hopes to lay the foundation for more women to enter the industry.

On Monday, Royal Electric Company President and CEO Dina Kimble joined KCRA 3 to talk about the film.

Kimble said she is a third-generation family member at the company her grandfather started in Sacramento.

“I grew up in the business but really didn’t know it was open for me as a career until my dad intentionally invited me to join,” she said.

She said there were a lot of people who were willing to mentor her after graduating college as a young project engineer.

“And yet as I got into leadership and I had different ideas about what we needed to do as a company, that’s when I really started to feel the typical imposter syndrome,” she said.

The docuseries “Breaking Barriers: Women at Work” was created by A Greener Tomorrow. It aims to encourage the next generation of women to join the construction industry.

“I think just seeing other women in leadership roles would have been huge,” she said.

A watch party for the docuseries will take place on March 5 at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel on J Street in Sacramento.

See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel