Engineer Paul Stanley is concerned about the mental health of fellow construction industry workers following the Stratford District Council's new guidelines. An engineer and a construction company boss fear a Taranaki district council's new guideline is pushing members of the building industry, which has the highest national suicide rate as a sector, to their knees. The council's “actions have exacerbated local mental health issues with complete disregard to the local building industry in the Stratford district,” Stanley said. LISA BURD/Stuff Geoff Mockett, the managing director of Signature Homes Taranaki, has lost fellow builders to mental health and is concerned about those in Stratford. “These actions have brutally brought projects to a halt, without consideration of the livelihood or mental health of the local industry,” Stanley said.

Source: Stuff August 01, 2021 17:48 UTC