22 October 09

Firms competing to build the nation's infrastructure need to hire more women civil engineers to end a men-only tradition and fill the recruitment gap.

Civil engineers - responsible for designing everything from bridges to water networks - say they need more females.

The appeal was made as Scotland's oldest professional engineering body, the Institution of Civil Engineers Glasgow and West of Scotland, marks its 125th anniversary.

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