NEI's André Barbour Honored by

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André Barbour, NEI's Diversity and Inclusion Director, has been selected as one of the Boston Business Journal’s (BBJ) 2022 40 Under 40 honorees. Barbour was recognized at an awards gala on Oct. 20 at the Boston Park Plaza in Boston.

Barbour is the face of, and driving force behind NEI’s workforce diversity and inclusion initiatives. His goal is to maximize the participation of local, emerging, womenowned, and minority-owned construction firms on all NEI projects. He also is dedicated to creating and expanding recruitment and workforce development and hiring workers from the communities where projects are located.

Barbour’s efforts to promote equitable workforce utilization in construction has resulted in hundreds of people from local communities being employed on construction projects over the past five years. Since he joined NEI, the company has constructed over $400 million in affordable housing in the city of Boston. With Barbour’s dedication and commitment to equity and inclusion, over $170 million (43%) in contracts has been awarded to minority-owned businesses and over $50 million (13%) has been awarded to women-owned businesses.

One of Barbour’s accomplishments during his