Looking beyond the hard hat: what site life taught me about mental health

Fin Topping, trainee quantity surveyor on the realities of site life and the importance of everyday conversations The post Looking beyond the hard hat: what site life taught me about mental health appeared first on Construction Management.

Kier’s £18.7m mental health unit to ‘open soon’ after three-year delay

Tier one contractor Kier has said it expects to complete construction of Scotland’s first medium-secure children’s mental health unit “in the coming months”, after defects caused a three-year delay to the scheme. Work on the £18.7m Foxgrove facility on the Ayrshire Central Hospital campus in… The post Kier’s £18.7m mental health unit to ‘open soon’ after three-year delay appeared first on Construction News.

Liminal spaces mirror architect’s mental breakdown

The Architects’ Journal Liminal spaces mirror architect’s mental breakdown Backrooms tells the tale of an out-of-work architect running a furniture store, who stumbles on a liminal world of labyrinthine back spaces. Matthew Bovingdon-Downe finds it plays to the anxieties of the profession The post Liminal spaces mirror architect’s mental breakdown appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Simon Aldous

Alma-nac SEND school in former sports hall starts on site

The Architects’ Journal Alma-nac SEND school in former sports hall starts on site Alma-nac's plans for a new specialist school for children with autism and additional social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs in Wigan has started on site The post Alma-nac SEND school in former sports hall starts on site appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Gino Spocchia

CLC launches new mental health code for workforce

Group says initiative designed to address several issues impacting people’s mental wellbeing

Free slide pack for Mental Health Awareness week (15th May)

Here is a slide pack for mental health awareness week, you can download in any format and edit and rebrand.

Mental health challenges are rising in construction — how important is this issue, and how are businesses responding?