Burns & McDonnell
Andy Jarvis is Vice President at Burns & McDonnell Transmission & Distribution.
Ron Evans is T&D Business Diversity Director at Burns & McDonnell.
PUF examines our industry's drive to diversify its workforce and spend. This section focuses on the progress at Burns & McDonnell.
PUF: Why is diversity in the utilities industry, both in the workplace and in the utility spend, so important to Burns & McDonnell?
Andy Jarvis: Burns &McDonnell has been in business for a hundred and twenty-three years and one of our key drivers of success all along has been diversity. That's diversity in our business lines, our locations, our workforce, and our partnerships.
We want to add value to our utility customers through seeking ways to improve on our diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. We like to hear what they're doing with respect to efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We feel like events such as the Utility Diversity Roundtable is an opportunity for us to collaborate on ideas and seek ways to improve on the successes they've had, and we've had, and have an open and honest conversation about where we need to improve.