Wellness in Infrastructure is governed by an independent Board, comprised of non-executive directors and industry leaders.
We are registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission as a Health Promotion Charity and are bound to their Governance and External Conduct Standards.
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We draw the industry together and openly share ideas .
We speak up and challenge systemic barriers to wellness .
We take action to improve lives .
Wellness in Infrastructure was formed in 2018 in response to the results of a study conducted by Professor Luke Downey from Swinburne University entitled “Measuring the Psychological Impact of Work Related Stress and Related Occupational Factors in the Australian Infrastructure Construction Industry”, which confirmed the suspicions that the state of mental health within the industry was extremely poor and below general population norms.
Respondents met the criteria for being burnt out
Depression, anxiety and stress levels exceeded norms by
Levels of “mood disturbance” higher than the normal population
Wellness in Infrastructure is a collaborative effort, working for and with the industry, to provide interventions, support, and resources that foster healthier work environments. Today, Wellness in Infrastructure continues to focus on industry professionals, to advocate for and address institutional culture, the behaviours of people in positions of power and to ultimately improve the workplace environment for the entire workforce.
Wellness in Infrastructure’s mission is it to actively draw the infrastructure construction industry together and openly share ideas.
We work as trusted partners, for industry, by-industry, to sustainably improve wellness and create workplaces of choice that help employees thrive by:
Founding members of Wellness in Infrastructure conducted the largest mental health/wellness survey in the construction sector, highlighting the unsustainable levels of compromised health & wellness.
A cross-section of more than 100 employees from participating companies engaged in the workshops and assisted in identifying the factual causes of the current state of mental health in the infrastructure industry.
Funding from WorkSafe’s WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund allowed key members of WII to develop a program focused on preventing mental injury and illness by instilling a positive culture and changing leadership practices on infrastructure projects.
Funding from John Holland allowed WII to bring together leading industry mentors and emerging leader mentees in a structured nine-month program to make individual and industrywide improvements within the sector and eliminate the stigma associated with mental health issues.
In a follow-up to the 2018 survey, 1411 survey responses from across Australia revealed that workers in the infrastructure industry remain at some of the highest risk in society for burnout, declining mental health, stress, and dissatisfaction with work-life balance.
In 2024 we hosted and industry workshop to better understand our recent survey results. We welcomed our first full time employee, launched our website, and partnered with Culture In Construction to implement their Wellbeing Pillar action plan
