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956-687-6263
FAX: 956-682-9751
Women remain significantly underrepresented in the construction trades — even as the industry faces persistent labor shortages and offers some of the strongest wages and career stability available without a four-year degree.
Bias, unsafe or unwelcoming job-site conditions, inflexible schedules, and a lack of paid entry pathways keep many women from entering — or staying in — the trades.
HERBuilt® is a workforce and culture-change initiative from Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc. designed to remove those barriers — not by asking women to adapt to the status quo, but by requiring employers to build job sites where women can succeed.
Real, demand-driven training tied directly to active construction projects, so participants earn while they learn.
Assistance with transportation, childcare, and properly fitted personal protective equipment (PPE) that remove practical barriers to staying in the program.
An enforceable standard requiring subcontractors to adopt safety, respect, and accountability practices as a condition of participating in the program.
The HERBuilt® Safe-Sites Certification establishes an enforceable standard for participating subcontractors, requiring safety, respect, and accountability practices that help create job sites where women can succeed.
For 50 years, Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc. has built more than homes — we've built pathways to stability and opportunity for families across the Rio Grande Valley.
As an active affordable housing developer and construction manager, AHSTI has the rare ability to embed HERBuilt®'s standards directly into real, active job sites — not just a classroom or a training manual.
HERBuilt® is designed for women seeking stable, well-paying careers in construction across the Rio Grande Valley.
Women seeking stable, well-paying careers in construction, including women entering the trades for the first time.
Women balancing caregiving responsibilities or looking for a pathway back into the workforce.
First-generation trades workers across Cameron and Hidalgo counties looking to build long-term careers.
HERBuilt® also benefits the subcontractors and employers who partner with us, helping address labor shortages while building safer, more productive job sites.
HERBuilt® is currently in its planning and partnership-building phase, with a pilot launch planned for early 2027. We're building relationships with subcontractors, education partners, and workforce organizations across the Rio Grande Valley to prepare for our first cohort.
Building relationships with subcontractors, training providers, and workforce organizations.
Launching the first HERBuilt® cohort and putting the program into action on active construction projects.
Growing opportunities for women and creating lasting change across the construction industry.
Interested in partnering with HERBuilt® as a subcontractor, training provider, or supporter? Reach out to our team to learn more about how you can get involved.
“Inspired every day by the spirit and leadership of Robert ‘Bobby’ Calvillo (1963-2025)”
Any person with concerns regarding the organization’s practices and/or the conduct of its’ employees may report their concerns on a confidential and anonymous basis by either emailing concerns@ahsti.org or by calling the Hotline 956-322-3330.
