Issue - meetings

          The Board considered a report of the Chief Executive, which highlighted that in 2022, there were 507 cases of construction workers who had committed suicide. It was proposed that one of the ways in which to address the high number of suicides in the construction industry could be for the Council to introduce a requirement that all future construction project tenders should include a scored statement around mental health and how this would be dealt with amongst both directly employed staff and sub-contractors.

          RESOLVED: That the Board agree that all future construction tender processes undertaken by the Council include a requirement for the main contractor to include a scored statement around mental health wellbeing amongst all staff and sub-contractors as part of the process.