Safety
Culture
Making Suicide Prevention a Part of Construction Safety Culture
With construction workers’ suicide rate at four times the national average, Lendlease is leading the way to foster a supportive culture for workers internally and in the industry as a whole.
By Edmund McCombs
September 28, 2018
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Culture
by Edmund McCombs
Edmund McCombs has been with Lendlease for over nine years, working across various areas of the business within Australia and the US. Edmund currently works within the Sustainability function in New York City and has been instrumental in the design, development and delivery of various community partnerships and health and wellbeing programs, particularly in the space of mental health.
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