Build & Thrive

Build & Thrive is the podcast transforming occupational health and wellbeing in the construction industry. Hosted by Jennie Armstrong, founder of Construction Health & Wellbeing, each episode features inspiring conversations with experts and change-makers dedicated to creating a healthier, happier workforce. Hear interviews with inspirational individuals and experts who are leading the way in tackling the industry’s toughest challenges, from staggering health statistics to skills shortages and talent retention. Did you know construction workers are nearly 4 times more likely to take their own lives through suicide than workers in other industries? Or that they’re 100 times more likely to die from work-related health issues than safety incidents? It’s clear we need to do more. Built to Thrive is here to spark change, celebrate innovation, and inspire action for a brighter future in construction. Join us for re

Build & Thrive is a health podcast hosted by Jennie Armstrong, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #6

  What the Joint Code of Practice Means for Construction

  Aug 13, 202642 minS3

  In this episode of Build and Thrive, host Jennie Armstrong is joined by co-host Stuart Mace for a timely conversation about the Construction Leadership Council’s Joint Code of Practice on Mental Health. The Joint Code of Practice has been described by Stuart as “letting the genie out of the bottle” because it puts into public view what many in construction already know. Poor mental health in the industry is not just an individual issue. It is also linked to the way work is planned, procured, managed and delivered. Jennie and Stuart discuss why the code matters, what it says about psychosocial risk management, and why prevention needs to become part of the construction health and safety conversation. They also reflect on recent feedback from the Construction Health and Wellbeing network and a supply chain event, where awareness of the code varied significantly. This is a practical conversation about moving beyond awareness and starting to evidence action. What we cover What the Construction Leadership Council Joint Code of Practice is Why the code matters for mental health in construction The five hazard clusters identified in the document Why psychosocial risk should be treated like physical risk How ISO 45001, ISO 45003 and the code may connect Why case studies, shared learning and evidence will matter How future generations may change expectations of work The code may not be legislation, but it is likely to shape expectations across the industry. The question now is not just who knows about it, but who is ready to act on it. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2431164 (or search your podcast app) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEoibJLDuFnnT3qSQw37LKPG6xlyvCj7B Joint Code of Practice: https://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CLC-Mental-Health-Code-of-Practice-V1.pdf Thank you to our sponsor, GKR Scaffolding, for supporting this series and helping us share our mission of improving health and wellbeing in construction. Episode Links: Jennie Armstrong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniearmstrong/ Stuart Mace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartmace/ Construction Health & Wellbeing: https://constructionhealth.co.uk/ GKR Scaffolding (sponsor): https://gkrscaffolding.co.uk/ Are you investing in a healthier and happier workforce? Want a free 30 minute strategy call to ensure you're on the right path. Email support@constructionhealth.co.uk

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  Episode #5

  How Construction Can Make Peer Support Safer

  Jul 29, 202655 minS3

  In this episode of Build and Thrive, host Stuart Mace is joined by Paul McGregor , founder and CEO of Everymind at Work , for a conversation about mental health first aid, peer support and what organisations need to do once awareness has been raised. Paul explains why many businesses, including those in construction, have trained large numbers of mental health first aiders but still lack the structure, data and support needed to make those networks safe and effective. The conversation explores the difference between mental health training in society and mental health first aid as a workplace role. Stuart and Paul discuss the foreseeable risks faced by mental health first aiders, the importance of duty of care, and why supporters themselves need proper guidance, debriefing and ongoing development. For construction, this episode is especially relevant. It asks what comes after awareness, why “more” is not always better, and how organisations can move towards quality, visibility and accountability in their mental health support. What we cover: Why mental health first aiders need support too The difference between awareness and capability Why workplace peer support needs structure How data can help organisations understand what is really happening The risks of unsupported mental health first aid networks Why work-related issues are showing up in mental health conversations The role of HR, health and safety, and occupational health https://www.buzzsprout.com/2431164 (or search your podcast app) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEoibJLDuFnnT3qSQw37LKPG6xlyvCj7B Thank you to our sponsor, GKR Scaffolding, for supporting this series and helping us share our mission of improving health and wellbeing in construction. Episode Links: Stuart Mace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartmace/ Construction Health & Wellbeing: https://constructionhealth.co.uk/ Paul McGregor: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmcgregorcom/ Everymind at Work: Website: https://everymindatwork.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everymindatwork/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everymindatwork/ X: https://twitter.com/everymindatwork LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/everymindatwork/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm2D3TwiJAadtG_2X1BZwDw GKR Scaffolding (sponsor): https://gkrscaffolding.co.uk/ Are you investing in a healthier and happier workforce? Want a free 30 minute strategy call to ensure you're on the right path. Email support@constructionhealth.co.uk

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  Episode #4

  Leading Well: Why Construction Needs Resilient Leaders

  Jul 15, 202656 minS3

  In this episode of Build and Thrive, host Stuart Mace is joined by Anwen Cooper , co-founder and Mission Director at Thrivall, for a conversation about leadership, resilience and what workplace wellbeing needs to become if it is going to make a real difference. Anwen shares the thinking behind Thrivall’s work with leaders, including how proactive support, counselling-informed coaching and sustained development can help people build mental fitness before crisis hits. The conversation also explores why construction is showing growing interest in this type of approach, particularly as the industry looks to attract future talent, retain good people and respond more seriously to the mental health challenges facing its workforce. Anwen also talks about her own commitment to “walking the walk”, including her cycling challenge across the south of England to visit B Corp businesses and reach Anthropy at the Eden Project. For her, the ride was about resilience, active travel, sustainable business and embodying the values she encourages other leaders to live by. What we cover Why Thrivall is attracting interest from construction and other people-focused businesses. How proactive counselling-informed coaching can support leaders before crisis point. The role of the Keep Britain Working review and the Vanguard programme. Why future-focused businesses need to invest in the people who will shape their organisation over the next 10 to 15 years. How personal resilience, leadership and values connect in Anwen’s B Corp cycling challenge. If you are interested in workplace wellbeing, leadership development, mental fitness, construction culture or the future of work, this episode is well worth listening to or watching in full. 🎧 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2431164 (or search your podcast app) 📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEoibJLDuFnnT3qSQw37LKPG6xlyvCj7B 🔹 Thank you to our sponsor, GKR Scaffolding, for supporting this series and helping us share our mission of improving health and wellbeing in construction. Plan, Do, Check, Act - Assess your systematic approach to Psychosocial Hazard Management with 12 quick questions: https://psychsafety.scoreapp.com Episode Links: Stuart Mace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartmace/ Construction Health & Wellbeing: https://constructionhealth.co.uk/ Anwen Cooper: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anwencooper/ Thrivall: Website: https://www.Thrivall.co.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Thrivall/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Thrivall160 GKR Scaffolding (sponsor): https://gkrscaffolding.co.uk/ Are you investing in a healthier and happier workforce? Want a free 30 minute strategy call to ensure you're on the right path. Email support@constructionhealth.co.uk

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  Episode #3

  Turning Standards into Culture: The Balfour Beatty Story with Natalie Harvey

  Jun 26, 202656 minS3

  What does it take to turn psychological health from a wellbeing initiative into a business-wide operating framework? In this episode of Build and Thrive, Stuart Mace is joined by Natalie Harvey, Health Specialist at Balfour Beatty , to explore the organisation's journey to achieving and embedding ISO 45003 - the world's first international standard for managing psychosocial risks in the workplace. Natalie shares how Balfour Beatty approached ISO 45003 not as a compliance exercise or badge of honour, but as an opportunity to create consistency across hundreds of projects, thousands of employees, and countless teams working in different environments across the UK. Together, they discuss what psychosocial risk really means in construction, why language matters, and how organisations can move beyond reactive wellbeing initiatives to proactively identify and manage the factors that influence psychological health. Key topics include: ISO 45003 and managing psychosocial risk in construction Creating consistency across large and complex organisations Embedding wellbeing into project planning and mobilisation Leadership's role in psychological health and safety Moving beyond awareness campaigns towards prevention Practical lessons from implementing a global wellbeing standard Why meaningful conversations matter on every construction site Listen now and discover how psychological health can become part of everyday project delivery. 🎧 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2431164 (or search your podcast app) 📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEoibJLDuFnnT3qSQw37LKPG6xlyvCj7B 🔹 Thank you to our sponsor, GKR Scaffolding, for supporting this series and helping us share our mission of improving health and wellbeing in construction. Episode Links: Stuart Mace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartmace/ Construction Health & Wellbeing: https://constructionhealth.co.uk/ Natalie Harvey: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-harvey-34bb6368/ Balfour Beatty: Website: https://www.balfourbeatty.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/balfourbeatty Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balfourbeatty LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/balfour-beatty-plc/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BalfourBeattyPlc X: https://twitter.com/balfourbeatty GKR Scaffolding (sponsor): https://gkrscaffolding.co.uk/ Are you investing in a healthier and happier workforce? Want a free 30 minute strategy call to ensure you're on the right path. Email support@constructionhealth.co.uk

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  Episode #2

  From Awareness to Action: How Balfour Beatty Is Rethinking Health at Work

  Jun 23, 202646 minS3

  In this episode of Build and Thrive, Jennie Armstrong is joined by Rob Cheeseman, Head of Health at Balfour Beatty , for a practical conversation about what health, hygiene and wellbeing look like inside one of the UK’s largest construction organisations. Rob shares his journey from sport, rehabilitation and occupational health into construction, and explains how Balfour Beatty is working to make health risk management more integrated, consistent and tangible across the business. From occupational hygiene and health exposure reporting to flexible working, ISO 45003 and workplace wellbeing, this episode explores how the industry can move from good intentions to practical delivery. What we cover: Why health in construction needs to be treated with the same confidence as safety. How Balfour Beatty integrates health, hygiene and wellbeing under one approach. Why wellbeing needs to be made simple, tangible and deliverable on site. The “create, manage, support” model Balfour Beatty uses to explain workplace wellbeing. The importance of reporting health exposure incidents and learning from them. Balfour Beatty’s ISO 45003 journey and what it taught them about consistency. Why flexible working, better industry standards and shared learning could shape the future of construction health. Rob also reflects on the need for the industry to be braver, more collaborative and more consistent in how it manages health. His message is clear: construction already knows how to manage risk, but it needs to stop treating health as something separate, specialist or too difficult to tackle. 🎧 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2431164 (or search your podcast app) 📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEoibJLDuFnnT3qSQw37LKPG6xlyvCj7B 🔹 Thank you to our sponsor, GKR Scaffolding, for supporting this series and helping us share our mission of improving health and wellbeing in construction. Plan, Do, Check, Act - Assess your systematic approach to Psychosocial Hazard Management with 12 quick questions: https://psychsafety.scoreapp.com Episode Links: Jennie Armstrong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniearmstrong/ Construction Health & Wellbeing: https://constructionhealth.co.uk/ Rob Cheeseman: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-cheeseman-1a915a79/ Balfour Beatty: Website: https://www.balfourbeatty.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/balfourbeatty Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balfourbeatty LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/balfour-beatty-plc/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BalfourBeattyPlc X: https://twitter.com/balfourbeatty GKR Scaffolding (sponsor): https://gkrscaffolding.co.uk/ Are you investing in a healthier and happier workforce? Want a free 30 minute strategy call to ensure you're on the right path. Email support@constructionhealth.co.uk

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