Construction Industry Culture Taskforce (CICT): Work hour cultures for health, wellbeing and gender equality in construction (2022-2024)

Construction Industry Culture Taskforce (CICT): Work hour cultures for health, wellbeing and gender equality in construction (2022-2024)

Summary

The Construction Industry Culture Taskforce (CICT) is leading an initiative to address the culture challenges impacting industry arising from excessive work hours and fatigue, poor mental health, and failure to attract a diverse workforce. The Taskforce comprises Australian Constructors Association, the Governments of New South Wales and Victoria and Australia’s leading workplace researchers.

A draft Culture Standard was developed to address the construction industry’s culture in relation to:

  • time for life
  • gender diversity, and
  • health and wellbeing.

The Culture Standard is being piloted in five infrastructure construction projects in New South Wales and Victoria. Research is being undertaken to evaluate the effect of the Culture Standard across the lifecycle of these pilot projects.

More information on the Culture in Construction initiative can be found here:

https://cultureinconstruction.com.au/

Key decision-makers in the construction industry are also being interviewed to understand their opinions about the impact, costs and benefits associated with the Culture Standard.

Team

  • Helen Lingard
  • Michelle Turner
  • Sara Charlesworth
  • Payam Pirzadeh
  • Chenjunyan Sun
  • Natalie Galea (University of Melbourne)
  • Lyndall Strazdins (Australian National University)
  • Christine LaBond (Australian National University)
  • Philip Bohle (University of Tasmania)

Partners

  • Australian Constructors Association
  • New South Wales Government
  • Victoria State Government

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers/outputs

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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