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

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

15 May 2024

The high rate of suicide in the construction industry is a ‘shameful statistic’ but the stigma around it is finally being broken down.

That’s according to Brendan Bechtel, chairman & CEO of Bechtel, and Robert Gebbia, chief executive of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), who struck a five-year, $7 million partnership in March to tackle the issue.

It is the largest pledge AFSP has ever received and the single-largest donation the…

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