The City of New Haven is committed to developing and nurturing a competitive local construction industry which represents New Haven’s ethnic diversity. To ensure equal opportunities for construction and construction-related contractors, and to enable minority- and women-owned firms to overcome a history of disadvantages by providing targeted opportunities and mentoring.

The SCD program uses a two-pronged strategy to achieve an increase in MBE and WBE contractor participation for public projects that are funded, in whole or part, by city funds or by a developer that has received any type of subsidy from the city. There are currently 141 contractors registered in the program. Since its founding, SCD has also assisted more than 1,000 small, woman, and minority firms with contract issues, bid documents, payments, credit, contractor conflicts, and registration.

By setting goals on our projects, SCD ensures that all construction businesses have an equal opportunity to participate in City projects. In addition to goal setting, SCD is committed to ensuring that all projects are complying through real time monitoring and enforcement of M/WBE requirements.