Gov. Healey was in Dorchester last week to sign an executive order aimed at boosting women’s employment in the construction industry, and she celebrated the effort with what could be one of her final public collaborations with the Biden administration.

The order will direct state agencies issuing construction contracts to “do it in a way that we know creates better access to jobs for women and minorities,” Healey said at the event inside Sheet Metal Workers Local 17’s Training Center on Adams Street.

That will translate to utilizing apprenticeship programs that boost women and people of color, the governor said, along with safety and anti-harassment training programs and supportive services like childcare.

The order created a new body – the “Diverse and Equitable Construction Workforce Participation Committee”– which, Healey said, would coordinate the effort across state agencies and monitor projects over $35 million. Projects over $10 million will have the option to participate, she said.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the former Rhode Island governor who has served in President Joseph Biden’s Cabinet since 2021, spoke alongside Healey at the event in Lower Mills.