With the aim to improve how sites are managed and to promote wellbeing in the construction sector, national framework organisation Pagabo has partnered up with health tech company Moodbeam to launch a wearable device called Moodbeam One, enabling construction workers to capture mood in real-time.

The wearable wrist band will allow workers to log how they feel by pressing yellow when they’re feeling good and blue when not so good. They can connect to the Moodbeam App to synchronize their moods and understand more about mood patterns and trends, as well as access other related information such as learning how activity and sleep affect how you feel.

Several studies have shown that mental health is a key concern in the construction sector. According to the Office of National Statistics, between 2011 and 2015, more than 1,400 construction workers took their own lives.

Workers will be able to discreetly and anonymously give feedback through the push of a button. The data will be used to pinpoint overall difficulties and challenges on-site and will give insight into the triggers and patterns that shape workers’ daily moods. This initiative will create a dashboard for managers, who will be able to access their employee’s mental health data.

The wearable band will also capture when things are going well, collating the overall highs and lows of the site.

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