Mental Health in the Built Environment

Recorded: 31 May 2022 (12:00 – 13:00)

What’s this mental health in the built environment webinar about?

The construction industry has always prioritized physical health and safety over mental health – yet in an environment where mental health discussions are rare, the reality is that suicide kills more people than falls from height.

This webinar is designed to help construction and the wider built environment sector take steps to shift an outdated mindset around mental health and well-being. We’ll discuss the actions and tools available to help change workplace cultures, reduce stigma, and improve the resources that support good mental health.

Who should attend the mental health in the built environment webinar?

The built environment sector and occupational health and safety professionals

What will participants gain from this mental health in the built environment webinar?

• Help with opening the conversation around mental health in the industry
• Help with improving manager confidence and evolving a well-being strategy
• An introduction to BS ISO 45003 as a starting point for managing workplace well-being
• The chance to have your questions answered by our experts
• A post-event copy of all presentations and a recording of the webinar

Agenda

11:30 - 11:35 Welcome and introduction - Dan Rossiter, British Standards Institution

11:35 - 11:55 Mental health in the built environment - Mark Thomas, Architects Benevolent Society 

11:55 - 12:15 How ISO 45003 can help - Sally Swingewood, British Standards Institution

12:15 - 12:30 Q&A with all speakers

13:00 End of the webinar

Sally is BSI’s Lead Standards Development Manager for business improvement and occupational health and safety management. She is responsible for working with both national and international experts to develop documents that help organizations of all types to improve the way they operate and to better protect the people who work for them.

Sally engages with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure the widest possible views are taken into account when the UK inputs to international standards and frequently holds public meetings to encourage users of the standards to raise issues and propose improvements.

Sally is the manager  of the ISO technical committee responsible for the world’s first international standard on occupational health and safety management, ISO 45001, and is actively involved in the development of ISO 45003 (guidance on psychological health and safety at work) which will also be the first globally agreed standard of its type.

Chartered Architectural Technologist Dan Rossiter FCIAT is an active supporter of the built environment, both nationally and internationally. Nationally, Dan provides digital transformation thought leadership at the British Standards Institution (BSI) where he also provides subject matter expertise to several national committees relating to information management, technical documentation, and terminology.  Outside of BSI, Dan contributes to several working groups and is an ambassador for both the UK BIM Alliance and the National Digital Twin programme. Internationally, Dan convenes CEN and ISO terminology and strategy working groups relating to the digital transformation of the built environment.

Mark Thomas is the Development Manager at Architects Benevolent Society (ABS). Mark will discuss how ABS offers confidential advice, support and financial assistance to the architectural community and their families in times of need. The help includes Mental Health and Wellbeing support through their partner, Anxiety UK.  If you are an architect, landscape architect or architectural technologist, or have been an employee for an architectural practice in the UK, ABS may be able to help. Support is impartial, confidential and flexible and they respond to individual circumstances to find people the right support, often in a matter of days.

BSI is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with this webinar contributing to Goal 3 on good health and well-being, Goal 5 on gender equality, Goal 8 on decent work and economic growth and Goal 10 on reduced inequalities.