City officials reach out to diverse businesses to help with hotel construction
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indy officials are pushing to “diversify the construction process” of the new Signia by Hilton hotel by expanding their vendors.
The brand-new downtown hotel by Hilton is set to be complete by Fall 2026. It will have a convention center and 800 rooms. “We want to make sure the workforce is a snapshot of the city itself,” said David Fredricks, director of the Office of Minority and Women Business Development . “Diversity is the key to this.”
This is the 66th outreach event led by the city in partnership with construction management firm AECOM (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, and Management) Hunt to reach out to minority and female businesses, and so far, the outreach resulted in 31 new diverse contractors…