While there is a mental health crisis occurring both nationally and within the construction industry, the stigma around mental health in construction remains inordinately high. Imagine being on a boat ...

In a month dedicated to mental health awareness, it’s important to acknowledge the struggles of workers in an often-overlooked industry. Not only is construction a major driving force of our nation’s ...

A 2016 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uncovered a truth that the construction world had long been hiding: Workers are dying by suicide at astronomical rates. Those rates have ...

The construction industry is ranked among professions as one of the highest for suicides, with a suicide rate four times higher than the national average. As a male-dominated industry, mental health ...

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Nearly two-thirds of construction workers have experienced anxiety or depression in the last 12 months—64% compared to 54% in 2024—according to a mental health survey conducted by St. Louis-based ...

Sharareh “Sherri” Kermanshachi is associate vice chancellor, associate dean for research, and professor of civil engineering at Penn State University. Apurva Pamidimukkala is assistant professor of ...

Safety is an ongoing concern in the construction industry; 1 in 5 fatal injuries in 2021 occurred on construction sites. Jobsites include many hazardous tools, equipment and situations where workers ...

A century ago, it was common to expect one worker fatality for every million dollars spent on a construction project. Thanks to industry-wide safety reforms, occupational fatalities are now 90% lower ...

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