Grand Rapids Business Journal Builders Exchange of Michigan is seeking generational change within the industry. Beene The Construction Allies in Action initiative is seeking minority contractors to enroll in the Strong Foundations Program, which will give minority construction companies the skills they need to not only sustain but also grow their businesses in Michigan. The initiative, formed by the Builders Exchange of Michigan, challenges project owners to be the agents of generational change, first by looking inward at their best practices for diversity and inclusion as it applies to their own projects. “This is an area that sometimes gets missed, because they will look in their own offices and make sure there’s a good DEI that’s going on but, when they’re doing a lot of construction, sometimes that can get missed,” said Elizabeth Bovard Strong, executive vice president of the Builders Exchange of Michigan. “We want to make sure that inclusion goes from not only in their own office, but to the projects that they’re building.”