Mental Health Issues in Construction Industry: Challenges for Workers in Construction

The post Mental Health Issues in Construction Industry: Challenges for Workers in Construction appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Mental health in the construction industry is a critical yet often overlooked issue. With high-pressure environments, demanding schedules, and physically strenuous tasks, construction workers are particularly vulnerable to mental health challenges. These stressors can lead to anxiety, depression, and other mental disorders, significantly impacting safety and productivity on worksites. Addressing these issues is not just […]

As mental health crisis grows, encourage workers to ‘be the helper’

New CPWR data shows a significant jump in anxiety and depression among construction workers, according to a Sept. 11 webinar.

The Rise in Focused Workspaces

Chiara Cantilena, Senior Associate at LOM architecture and design, on workplace conditions that enable users to concentrate and carry out their best work. A lack of focus can affect our productivity and mood. It can lead to mistakes, and impact our ability to think creatively and sharply. It can cause irritability, depression and anxiety – undermining […] The post The Rise in Focused Workspaces appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

From the Archives: November 5, 1964

This 1964 image is perhaps the closest ENR ever came to dabbling in Op Art. It shows two workers standing inside a large conical depression with fluted sides, which is a plastic form made of glass-fiber-reinforced polyester resin.

New Deal Programs Helped End the Great Depression

As reported by ENR at the time, while the Depression deepened in the early 1930s, none of the initiatives taken by President Herbert Hoover or Congress did much to help, and some, such as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which led to higher prices, were counterproductive.

The B1M - Uncovering Construction’s Biggest Killer - Part 1 12072023

Construction has some of the worst mental health rates of any industry. In the US, a construction worker is five times more likely to die by suicide than from all the other causes combined. The B1M want to raise awareness and get 'Construction' to talking about this issue