CIHT/Tarmac Health & Safety at Work Award recognizes positive mental
health program
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has received the Chartered
Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)
/ Tarmac Health & Safety at Work Award 2017 in recognition of
its Mental Health Matters program, which focuses on promoting positive
mental health across the business, its staff and their families.
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From left: Guest speaker Bill Turner, Jacobs team: David Feighery, John Dixon, Colette Lowe, Vip Gandhi, Dipa Patel, Sanjay Patel and Lain Blackmore, receiving the award from Tarmac Highway Services Director Peter Hyde and CIHT President Steve Rowsell.(Photo: Business Wire)
The U.K. CIHT Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of those
working in the highways and transportation sector by promoting their
work as best practices to the industry. Jacobs also won the CIHT
/ Gatwick Airport Major Projects Award with Skanska U.K. and AECOM
for work on the M1 Junction 19 Improvement Scheme and the CIHT
Collaboration Award with Cheshire East Council, Ringway Jacobs and
Eurovia for Working Together in Cheshire East.
“We received over 150 entries to the CIHT Awards this year. The standard
of entry was very high and we commend all those who made the shortlist,”
said Sue Percy CIHT Chief Executive. “The CIHT Awards are a celebration
of all the excellent work currently taking place in the sector. They
demonstrate that our industry continues to produce high caliber schemes,
and innovative products and ways of working, that contribute to both the
transport community and society.
“The CIHT / Tarmac Health & Safety at Work Award recognizes projects
that make a significant contribution to the health and safety of
employees across the highways and transportation sector. We were pleased
to award Jacobs as our winner for their Mental Health Matters entry.
This initiative has real potential to be cascaded across the sector as a
best practice,” added Percy.
“Mental health issues have a profound impact on the lives of millions
of people worldwide, so promoting positive mental health is a
natural extension of our BeyondZero®
culture of caring conceived a decade ago,” said Jacobs Senior Vice
President Buildings & Infrastructure Bob Duff. “By raising the profile
through our Mental Health Matters program, we hope to help staff
understand, protect and sustain their mental wellbeing.”
Inspired by its BeyondZero® principles, Jacobs worked with MIND
to develop this program focused on promoting positive mental health and
wellbeing. Initially launched in the U.K. and Ireland, and now being
rolled out across Jacobs globally, the program delivers focused
training, tools and techniques to enable a support network of employee
champions to offer early intervention and interim support for staff
while directing employees to the appropriate professional options. In
the U.K. and Ireland Jacobs has created and trained a network of 150+
positive mental health champions and trained a further 50 staff from
client organizations.
Jacobs was also shortlisted for additional CIHT
Awards including the sustainable transport and collaboration awards,
the Crewe Sustainable Travel Programme (with Cheshire East Council and
Ringway Jacobs) and the Strategic Partnership with Essex County Council
and Highways England (with Essex County Council, Ringway Jacobs, and
Highways England) respectively.
Jacobs’ transportation professionals have also been honored previously
winning the CIHT
Young Professional of the Year for three consecutive years between
2014 and 2016.
Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of
full-spectrum technical, professional and construction services for
industrial, commercial and government organizations globally. The
company employs over 54,000 people and operates in more than 25
countries around the world. For more information, visit www.jacobs.com.
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Source: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.