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| Ladies with Nails choose Skanska's EVP Petter Eiken  Petter Eiken, Executive Vice President at Skanska, has been selected as the first winner of the award of the women's network in Norway, known as "Piker med spiker" (Ladies with Nails, that's nails as in building nails, not fingernails). The network includes more than 100 female graduate engineers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and awards men who support the advancement of women in the construction industry. In addition to the honor and the network's own t-shirt, the winner's name is engraved on a plaque mounted on a bench at the university. The award was in recognition of Petter's efforts for recruiting of women and that he is an outspoken advocate of more women in the construction industry.write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |