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People

Irene Wedl-Kogler // General Manager, Wedl-Kogler Gerstbau.

Project manager since she was 22 years old // Degree in building construction // supervises 35 employees // Represents construction ancillary sectors from her job as a Federal Guild Teacher.

On working at project sites: Self-confdence is necessary at projects. You need to develop a strong character and not be offended whenever someone talks roughly. People forgive you more easily if things are not going well. Your knowledge and personality are the aspects that are really decisive.

Her motto: Each person is an individual with unique capabilities and talents. Being a man or a woman is not the most important factor.

the spokesperson with great experience at ALPINE.

Irene Wedl-Kogler would agree with that. With a degree in project management, twenty years ago she took over the family’s scaffold business. As a Federal Guild Tea-cher, she also represents the interests of construction ancillary businesses in the Austrian Federal Chamber of Commerce.

Women contribute intuition, the ability to reach consensus, and in certain situations show greater sensitivity than men, she ex-plained. A mother of two grown-up chil-dren, Wedl-Kogler is an expert in combining work and family life, even though she does not consider this to be an obstacle.

What advice would she give to women interested in the construction industry? The important thing is to have a clear idea ahead of time of the consequences. I have never had any regrets, however, of having dedicated my life to this industry.

It could be said that there is a lot of basic work to be done. The proportion of women in the construction sector is between 5 and 15% and salaries for men and women are still different and unfair, something that for a long time FCC has been trying to address,