Brendan Bechtel: Construction’s suicide rate is ‘a shameful statistic’

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

15 May 2024

The stigma surrounding mental health in construction is finally being broken down as employers start to recognise it as a safety issue.

That’s according to Robert Gebbia, chief executive of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), which struck a five-year, $7 million partnership in March with US construction giant Bechtel.

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