cut workplace stress to reduce construction suicides

cut workplace stress to reduce construction suicides

Institute’s response to government mental health call for evidence points finger at industry stress levels.

CIOB has called for a reduction in workplace stress to reduce poor mental health in construction and cut the industry’s high suicide rate.

Responding to the Department of Health and Social Care’s call for evidence on its Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan, CIOB pointed to

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C.W. DRIVER COMPANIES COMPLETES $33 MILLION CREATIVE OFFICE

The three-story mixed-use development blends sustainability, wellness and walkability in the creative tech capital of Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Calif.– C.W. Driver Companies, a premier builder serving California for more than 103 years, today announced the completion of a 36,736-square-foot creative office building at 1550 Euclid St. in downtown Santa Monica. The mixed-use retail and office building is located

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Services division brings NG Bailey back into profit

Services division brings NG Bailey back into profit

For the year to 25th February 2022 NG Bailey made a pre-tax profit of £3m, turning around the previous year’s £4.4m loss.

Annual turnover was broadly unchanged but down slightly at £500m (2021: £507m).

Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) was £7m (2021: £3m) with an underlying operating profit of £800,000 (compared with a loss of £2.7m

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PPE can be recycled to make stronger concrete —

Engineers at RMIT University have developed a method to use disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) to make concrete stronger, providing an innovative way to significantly reduce pandemic-generated waste.

The RMIT team is the first to investigate the feasibility of recycling three key types of PPE — isolation gowns, face masks and rubber gloves — into concrete.

Published in the journals

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