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Beyond Awareness: How GRAHAM Group Is Embedding Wellbeing Into Construction Culture

Beyond Awareness: How GRAHAM Group Is Embedding Wellbeing Into Construction Culture

What does meaningful wellbeing actually look like in construction? That is the central question explored…
May 28, 2026
Leadership, Wellbeing and the Future of Health in Construction

Leadership, Wellbeing and the Future of Health in Construction

The construction industry has made significant progress in safety over the past few decades. However,…
April 16, 2026
What Construction Can Learn from Multiplex’s Approach to Silica, Respiratory Protection and Health Surveillance

What Construction Can Learn from Multiplex’s Approach to Silica, Respiratory Protection and Health Surveillance

In this episode of Build and Thrive, Jennie Armstrong sits down with Martin Wilshire, Health,…
March 23, 2026
Community, Culture and The Case for Accountability in Construction Wellbeing

Community, Culture and The Case for Accountability in Construction Wellbeing

In this episode of Build & Thrive, host Jennie Armstrong sits down with Steve Kerslake…
March 18, 2026
From Good Intentions to Real Impact: What Construction Can Learn About Psychosocial Risk

From Good Intentions to Real Impact: What Construction Can Learn About Psychosocial Risk

In this latest episode of Build & Thrive, Jennie Armstrong welcomes a very special guest:…
February 18, 2026
When “Human Error” Isn’t the Root Cause: What Construction Can Learn from Colin’s Research on Mental Health and Safety

When “Human Error” Isn’t the Root Cause: What Construction Can Learn from Colin’s Research on Mental Health and Safety

In this episode of Build & Thrive (available as both a podcast and a video),…
February 11, 2026
Fairness, Dignity and Mental Health in Construction

Fairness, Dignity and Mental Health in Construction

What real wellbeing looks like on site and why it starts with how people are…
January 27, 2026
Beyond Awareness: How Construction Can Move to Prevention With Jo Yarker on Build & Thrive

Beyond Awareness: How Construction Can Move to Prevention With Jo Yarker on Build & Thrive

Mental health in construction is no longer a taboo topic. Awareness campaigns, toolbox talks, posters,…
January 9, 2026
Welfare in Construction: Why “Take A Leak” Is About Far More Than Toilets

Welfare in Construction: Why “Take A Leak” Is About Far More Than Toilets

How basic facilities shape dignity, safety, inclusion and the future of mobile work When we…
December 23, 2025
Sleep, Fatigue and the Hidden Risks in Construction from Dr David Garley

Sleep, Fatigue and the Hidden Risks in Construction from Dr David Garley

Sleep is one of the most influential yet least discussed factors affecting health, safety and…
December 12, 2025
Building the Super Sewer, Building a Better Culture: Lessons from Tideway

Building the Super Sewer, Building a Better Culture: Lessons from Tideway

When we think of the UK’s great engineering feats, it’s easy to focus on concrete,…
November 21, 2025
Building Health into Construction: Why Prevention Must Come Before Cure

Building Health into Construction: Why Prevention Must Come Before Cure

We talk a lot about health and safety in construction but most of that conversation…
November 13, 2025
Gambling Addiction in the Construction Industry: The Hidden Risk We Can No Longer Ignore

Gambling Addiction in the Construction Industry: The Hidden Risk We Can No Longer Ignore

When we think about addiction in construction, the first words that usually come to mind…
October 20, 2025
Unlocking Neurodiversity in Construction: What Every Employer Needs to Know – with Jacqui Wallis on Build & Thrive

Unlocking Neurodiversity in Construction: What Every Employer Needs to Know – with Jacqui Wallis on Build & Thrive

From an interview with Jacqui Wallis, CEO of Genius Within - as heard on the…
August 6, 2025
Drugs, Alcohol & Industry Denial: What Construction Needs to Hear – with Nick O’Shea on Build & Thrive

Drugs, Alcohol & Industry Denial: What Construction Needs to Hear – with Nick O’Shea on Build & Thrive

On this episode of the Build & Thrive podcast, Jennie Armstrong welcomes Nick O’Shea -…
June 19, 2025
The Noise We’re Not Talking About: Why Hearing Conservation Needs Urgent Attention in Construction

The Noise We’re Not Talking About: Why Hearing Conservation Needs Urgent Attention in Construction

When we talk about health and safety in construction, we often think of high-vis vests,…
May 20, 2025
Why Financial Wellbeing Deserves a Place in Health and Safety – with Andrew Russell-Day and Ryan Briggs

Why Financial Wellbeing Deserves a Place in Health and Safety – with Andrew Russell-Day and Ryan Briggs

Building Financial Resilience in Construction: Why Financial Wellbeing Deserves a Place in Health and Safety…
April 17, 2025
Running 500 Miles for Mental Health in Construction: A Conversation with Chris Rodgers

Running 500 Miles for Mental Health in Construction: A Conversation with Chris Rodgers

Mental health in construction is a crisis that’s been overlooked for too long. With suicide…
April 15, 2025
Build & Thrive Podcast: Breaking the Stigma – Mental Health in Construction with Matt Jenkins

Build & Thrive Podcast: Breaking the Stigma – Mental Health in Construction with Matt Jenkins

Breaking the Stigma: Mental Health in Construction with Matt Jenkins The construction industry is known…
March 6, 2025
Build & Thrive Podcast: Why Nutrition is a Game-Changer for Health, Safety & Wellbeing in Construction

Build & Thrive Podcast: Why Nutrition is a Game-Changer for Health, Safety & Wellbeing in Construction

Why Nutrition is a Game-Changer for Health, Safety & Wellbeing in Construction: Lessons From Kate…
February 20, 2025
Build & Thrive Podcast: Lessons from Lee Rowswell, GKR Scaffolding

Build & Thrive Podcast: Lessons from Lee Rowswell, GKR Scaffolding

Building a Safer, Healthier Construction Industry: Lessons from Lee Rowswell The construction industry is a…
February 8, 2025
Occupational Health Awareness Week 2024: A Focus on the UK Construction Industry

Occupational Health Awareness Week 2024: A Focus on the UK Construction Industry

Occupational Health Awareness Week (OHAW24) kicks off on Monday, 23 September, initiating vital conversations about…
September 19, 2024
The Wellbeing Integration: Are Health and Safety Managers Ready?

The Wellbeing Integration: Are Health and Safety Managers Ready?

In recent years, there's been a noticeable trend among health and safety managers: the addition…
August 9, 2024
Interview With Lee Rowswell MD, GKR scaffolding LTD – Innovating Manual Handling in the Scaffolding Industry

Interview With Lee Rowswell MD, GKR scaffolding LTD – Innovating Manual Handling in the Scaffolding Industry

In the fast-paced and physically demanding world of construction, the scaffolding sector stands out as…
July 9, 2024
The UK Construction Industry Needs to Step Up on Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders

The UK Construction Industry Needs to Step Up on Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders

Let's talk about manual handling in the construction industry. It's a basic part of the…
July 9, 2024
If physical activity is good for our mental health, why do construction workers have more mental health issues?

If physical activity is good for our mental health, why do construction workers have more mental health issues?

Research unveils a profound connection between physical activity and mental health, shedding light on its…
May 5, 2024
FREE WEBINAR – Eyes Wide Shut: We Don’t Have a Fatigue Problem

FREE WEBINAR – Eyes Wide Shut: We Don’t Have a Fatigue Problem

5 points for you to consider in this year's Health, Safety, and Wellbeing strategy Fatigue…
February 8, 2024
Healthier, Happier Construction: Predictions and Innovations for 2024

Healthier, Happier Construction: Predictions and Innovations for 2024

Happy 2024! Last year we wrote our predictions for 2023, and we got some right!…
January 19, 2024
Beating the Blues: How the Construction Industry can enable healthy habits of its workforce and improve mental well-being

Beating the Blues: How the Construction Industry can enable healthy habits of its workforce and improve mental well-being

Blue Monday is often considered the most depressing day of the year. Whilst there is…
January 8, 2024
2023 Q2 Round-up of Health and Wellbeing in Construction Articles

2023 Q2 Round-up of Health and Wellbeing in Construction Articles

The first half of 2023 has flown by and it’s been a busy quarter for…
June 30, 2023
Dust Kills – Download our free checklist to help you prepare

Dust Kills – Download our free checklist to help you prepare

Construction Health and Wellbeing LTD supports HSE’s Dust Kills campaign to combat occupational lung disease…
May 29, 2023
Men’s Health and The Internet: Navigating the Digital Age

Men’s Health and The Internet: Navigating the Digital Age

Men's Health Week 2023, observed from June 12th to 18th, brings attention to the importance…
May 29, 2023
Skin Cancer Awareness, and our collaboration with LifeJacket Skin Protection

Skin Cancer Awareness, and our collaboration with LifeJacket Skin Protection

Here at Construction Health & Wellbeing we are committed to helping construction workers and employers…
May 11, 2023
Why are more construction workers experiencing anxiety? Mental Health Awareness Week 2023

Why are more construction workers experiencing anxiety? Mental Health Awareness Week 2023

The construction industry is waking up to the fact that Mental health is just as…
April 28, 2023
2023 Q1 Round-up of Health and Wellbeing in Construction Articles

2023 Q1 Round-up of Health and Wellbeing in Construction Articles

Are we through the first quarter of 2023 already?  Its been a busy quarter for…
April 17, 2023
The Benefits of Neurodiversity in the Construction Industry and register for our webinar

The Benefits of Neurodiversity in the Construction Industry and register for our webinar

Neurodiversity is becoming increasingly recognised, not just as a medical term, but also as a…
February 2, 2023
Construction Health & Wellbeing’s Predictions for 2023

Construction Health & Wellbeing’s Predictions for 2023

Last year we made our predictions on key themes for 2022 – check out last…
January 27, 2023
Q4 roundup of health and wellbeing in construction articles

Q4 roundup of health and wellbeing in construction articles

Q4 roundup of health and wellbeing in construction articles Well that year has flown by!…
January 9, 2023
Overwhelmed with which framework to follow?

Overwhelmed with which framework to follow?

Construction Health & Wellbeing understands that finding a framework to follow to develop your Health…
November 16, 2022
How strategic is your health and wellbeing strategy? 4 questions to ask yourself.

How strategic is your health and wellbeing strategy? 4 questions to ask yourself.

Question 1. Is your strategy holistic?  Most construction firms these days recognise that the wellbeing…
November 13, 2022
Framework for Gap Analysis Review

Framework for Gap Analysis Review

When it comes to developing a health and wellbeing strategy in construction, we have found…
November 10, 2022
Stress
Stress and mental health in construction – are you doing enough?

Stress and mental health in construction – are you doing enough?

Contributed by Wendy Jones Stress and mental health in construction – are you doing enough?…
September 15, 2022
The bigger picture of substance misuse

The bigger picture of substance misuse

The bigger picture of substance misuse. Can construction lead the way with tackling societies challenges? Professor…
September 1, 2022
Time for a new approach to noise risk reduction

Time for a new approach to noise risk reduction

The risk of incurring work-related hearing damage or other illness is “100% preventable, provided an…
July 13, 2022
Q2 roundup of health and wellbeing in construction articles

Q2 roundup of health and wellbeing in construction articles

The first half of 2022 has flown by and it’s been a busy quarter for…
July 7, 2022
Highlights from Occupational Awareness Week 2022

Highlights from Occupational Awareness Week 2022

Occupational Health has never been more important. Last week was #Occupationalhealthawareness week which aimed to…
June 27, 2022
Jennie’s Story – Integrating OH With Safety

Jennie’s Story – Integrating OH With Safety

My career into health and safety wasn’t very conventional. I’m actually a registered nurse and…
June 24, 2022
Mental Health First Aiders – do they work?

Mental Health First Aiders – do they work?

Are Mental Health First Aiders the best way to reduce work related mental health issues?…
June 20, 2022
What are you doing to combat loneliness in your workforce?

What are you doing to combat loneliness in your workforce?

Mental Health Week 2022 – Addressing loneliness Construction companies have a unique set of working…
April 28, 2022
Q1 round-up of Construction Health & Wellbeing articles

Q1 round-up of Construction Health & Wellbeing articles

With the first quarter of 2022 complete, here is our round-up of the most interesting…
April 8, 2022
Supporting our ageing workforce and retaining construction talent

Supporting our ageing workforce and retaining construction talent

People are living for longer and the goalposts keep getting stretched in terms of how…
March 23, 2022
Areas impacting health and wellbeing in the construction industry

Areas impacting health and wellbeing in the construction industry

Now that 2022 is in full swing, we wanted to bring you an idea of…
March 4, 2022
Making New Year’s resolutions last for your workforce

Making New Year’s resolutions last for your workforce

As ever, January has been a good time for new beginnings in our personal lives…
January 31, 2022
Are zero-tolerance drug & alcohol tests a thing of the past?

Are zero-tolerance drug & alcohol tests a thing of the past?

For reasons which should be obvious, drugs and alcohol and the construction industry do not…
December 9, 2021
Talking money at work – another taboo?

Talking money at work – another taboo?

With Talk Money Week on the horizon from November 8-12, we wanted to get past…
November 4, 2021
Reducing mental health inequalities in UK’s construction industry

Reducing mental health inequalities in UK’s construction industry

Ahead of World Mental Health Day (10th October 2021), Construction Health & Wellbeing wanted to…
October 1, 2021
Fatigue Management in 2021 – it’s more than preventing accidents

Fatigue Management in 2021 – it’s more than preventing accidents

5 points for you to consider in this year's Health, Safety, and Wellbeing strategy Fatigue…
March 4, 2021
What does a good health, hygiene & wellbeing strategy look like?

What does a good health, hygiene & wellbeing strategy look like?

Developing a holistic Occupational Health, Occupational Hygiene, and wellbeing strategy can be complex. With so…
August 17, 2020
Does your organisation have a “new normal” wellbeing plan?

Does your organisation have a “new normal” wellbeing plan?

The world of work is going to change forever, and whether we like the “new…
July 5, 2020
Health & Wellbeing resources for each stage of CLC Roadmap

Health & Wellbeing resources for each stage of CLC Roadmap

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has been responsible for setting standards for the industry during…
June 29, 2020
What health checks do you offer your construction workers?

What health checks do you offer your construction workers?

Health surveillance, safety-critical medicals, or mini-health checks are all commonplace in our industry, but they…
June 21, 2020
Are you using data to drive your Health and Wellbeing Strategy?

Are you using data to drive your Health and Wellbeing Strategy?

Data, analytics, and new technologies like artificial intelligence are changing the way we work. In…
June 15, 2020
Is ‘Health’ like ‘Safety’ in Construction?

Is ‘Health’ like ‘Safety’ in Construction?

In construction, we've made some great progress in how we manage work-related ill-health. Despite this,…
June 8, 2020
Raising the bar for OH Management in Construction

Raising the bar for OH Management in Construction

A paper written by Jones W, Gibb A, Haslam R and our very own Jennie…
October 30, 2019

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