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]. While this paper is focused on minorities in construction, the existingliterature provides insight into what is currently collected and reported. As of 2010, there wereapproximately 1.5 million persons in U.S. engineering roles, and they identified as 72% White,1% two or more races, 4% Black, 17% Asian, and 5% Hispanic [19], as depicted in Figure 3.Hispanic persons were not identified separately in Figure 3 but are 13.5% Hispanic and 86.5%non-Hispanic [15]. Figure 3. Construction Manager Workforce by Race [15]United States Minority College DemographicMinorities represent a significant portion of the U.S. demographics. According to the U.S.Census Bureau [20], minorities (non-white alone) represent 41.1% of the population in