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	* Building Site to Boardroom (BS2B).		* Building Site to Boardroom (BS2B).
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	* Empowering the Construction Industry to take Action on Mental Health.		* Empowering the Construction Industry to take Action on Mental Health.
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	* How the Electrical Industries Charity helps tackle domestic abuse.		* How the Electrical Industries Charity helps tackle domestic abuse.
	* Keeping your mind on the job.		* Keeping your mind on the job.
		+	* Study reveals cost of inefficient contact tracing.
	* Toolbox talk for construction workers.		* Toolbox talk for construction workers.
	* Wellbeing and creativity in workplace design - case studies.		* Wellbeing and creativity in workplace design - case studies.

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	A macho working culture of men on building sites has been among the barriers to improving alarming rates of mental illness among construction workers.		A macho working culture of men on building sites has been among the barriers to improving alarming rates of mental illness among construction workers.
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	* Health and safety consultant.		* Health and safety consultant.
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	* Health and safety consultant.		* Health and safety consultant.
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	* Health and safety policies in the construction industry.		* Health and safety policies in the construction industry.
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	* Keeping your mind on the job.		* Keeping your mind on the job.
	* Toolbox talk for construction workers.		* Toolbox talk for construction workers.

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	* Health and safety consultant.		* Health and safety consultant.
	* Health and safety policies in the construction industry.		* Health and safety policies in the construction industry.
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	* Toolbox talk for construction workers.		* Toolbox talk for construction workers.
	* Wellbeing and creativity in workplace design - case studies.		* Wellbeing and creativity in workplace design - case studies.

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	“The industry had been focusing on safety because of the immediacy of injuries as opposed to the latency of occupational ill health. We had not done enough.”		“The industry had been focusing on safety because of the immediacy of injuries as opposed to the latency of occupational ill health. We had not done enough.”

−	Under the HCLG banner, chief executives of 150 top companies resolved ~~last year~~ to tackle occupational health, including mental health, ~~and five~~ companies – Wilmott Dixon, Balfour Beatty, Careys, Heathrow and Tideway – ~~are now trialling~~ a version of the Australian Mates in Mind programme that tackles stigma on building sites. Each operative coming on to a site has a 45-minute session on mental health wellbeing, while supervisors get 3.5 hours’ coaching and line managers attend a two-day mental health first aid course.	+	Under the HCLG banner, chief executives of 150 top companies resolved in 2016 to tackle occupational health, including mental health, Five companies – Wilmott Dixon, Balfour Beatty, Careys, Heathrow and Tideway – trialled a version of the Australian Mates in Mind programme that tackles stigma on building sites. Each operative coming on to a site has a 45-minute session on mental health wellbeing, while supervisors get 3.5 hours’ coaching and line managers attend a two-day mental health first-aid course.

−	Transferring good intentions from a classroom to the intestines of a site is a mammoth task as Mr Johnson explains:	+	Transferring good intentions from a classroom to the intestines of a site is a mammoth task, Mr Johnson explains:

	“There is a transient workforce with people often travelling long distances to jobs with a lot of pressure being away from home, along with deadlines and worry about their next job, and these ingredients affect mental stability. But they simply don’t talk about their problems; it attracts stigma in a macho industry.”		“There is a transient workforce with people often travelling long distances to jobs with a lot of pressure being away from home, along with deadlines and worry about their next job, and these ingredients affect mental stability. But they simply don’t talk about their problems; it attracts stigma in a macho industry.”
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	“We struggle to attract people to our industry because the impression is it’s dirty and dangerous, so we need to change the image by making workplaces safer, happier and healthier. There is also a productivity element, so investing in this is a win-win for the industry.”		“We struggle to attract people to our industry because the impression is it’s dirty and dangerous, so we need to change the image by making workplaces safer, happier and healthier. There is also a productivity element, so investing in this is a win-win for the industry.”

−	The RISE Group has run a series of seminars for its own staff and sub-contractors, and is training workers as mental health first aiders. “There is mental health stigma across society, and this may be exacerbated in construction because there are more men working in it and men are less likely to talk about these things,” says Nathalie Duncan-Sletten, senior consultant at the construction and project management specialists, whose work ~~includes~~ the refurbishment of the Royal Opera House and establishing Amazon’s new UK headquarters in Shoreditch, London.	+	The RISE Group has run a series of seminars for its own staff and sub-contractors, and is training workers as mental health first aiders. “There is mental health stigma across society, and this may be exacerbated in construction because there are more men working in it and men are less likely to talk about these things,” says Nathalie Duncan-Sletten, senior consultant at the construction and project management specialists, whose work included the refurbishment of the Royal Opera House and establishing Amazon’s new UK headquarters in Shoreditch, London.
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−	~~The industry had been focusing on safety because of the immediacy of injuries as opposed to the latency of occupational ill health~~	+

	“It won’t change overnight. It is about educating employees and line managers to change attitudes so people do not feel guilt at having to take time off work due to mental illness, and for managers to be open and recognise it as a true from of malaise.”		“It won’t change overnight. It is about educating employees and line managers to change attitudes so people do not feel guilt at having to take time off work due to mental illness, and for managers to be open and recognise it as a true from of malaise.”
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−	“Some of these initiatives are at an early stage so we are not seeing a change at cabin or canteen level yet. As a union we are developing initiatives to tackle mental health issues, but one of the challenges is to overcome the macho culture which remains prevalent.	+	“Some of these initiatives are at an early stage so we are not seeing a change at cabin or canteen level yet. As a union, we are developing initiatives to tackle mental health issues, but one of the challenges is to overcome the macho culture which remains prevalent.

	“It is also important to recognise that some workers are only on sites for a few days and it is difficult to get messages across to them, and when you are working in a fragmented manner, the camaraderie of the construction site can be a myth.”		“It is also important to recognise that some workers are only on sites for a few days and it is difficult to get messages across to them, and when you are working in a fragmented manner, the camaraderie of the construction site can be a myth.”
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	A 2016 survey of site workers by UCATT (Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians), now merged with Unite, recorded that 64% of respondents suffered or had suffered from stress, yet 72% did not mention it at work. A disturbing 65% had experienced mental health issues.		A 2016 survey of site workers by UCATT (Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians), now merged with Unite, recorded that 64% of respondents suffered or had suffered from stress, yet 72% did not mention it at work. A disturbing 65% had experienced mental health issues.

−	But Mr Johnson believes the societal swing towards understanding mental health, accelerated by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry’s Heads Together campaign, is energising change.	+	But Mr Johnson believes the societal swing towards understanding mental health, accelerated by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry’s 'Heads Together' campaign, is energising change.

	“The commitment from big companies is fantastic, and we are going to hold them to it and challenge them regularly,” he says. “We can reduce absenteeism and make sure workers have a longer, happier retirement and this is a moral obligation as well as a professional one. Construction has to change – and it is.”		“The commitment from big companies is fantastic, and we are going to hold them to it and challenge them regularly,” he says. “We can reduce absenteeism and make sure workers have a longer, happier retirement and this is a moral obligation as well as a professional one. Construction has to change – and it is.”

−	~~-----~~	+	= About this article =
−	~~Written by Danny Buckland, award-winning health journalist~~	+

−	~~Please find the~~ original article [https://www.raconteur.net/business/building-up-wellbeing-in-construction here]	+	This article was written by Danny Buckland, award-winning health journalist. The original article can be accessed [https://www.raconteur.net/business/building-up-wellbeing-in-construction here].

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