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We often hear about a gender cap in certain careers. Well, in the construction industry, it's a yawning chasm. The sector has the worst gender balance of any - less than 1 per cent of its 800,000 construction and building trades workers are women, and even when you add architects, planners and surveyors it only rises to 18 per cent.

Yet according our guests on Science Caf茅 this week, women excel at many of the key skills you need for a well-paid聽聽and successful career in construction. Adam聽is talking聽to some of the women involved in the IMPACT building project on Swansea University's Bay Campus. The construction is remarkable because it has many more women in key roles than is usual. And perhaps that is no coincidence, because Swansea University's School of Engineering is also ahead of the game, employing more female teaching staff than other institutions.聽

An architect, building site manager, electrical engineer, bridge builder and lecturer in engineering - all female - offer their thoughts on how they would encourage more women into the industry.聽And also working on innovation in the building industry, a team from Cardiff University reveal their development of self-healing masonry.