Essential Workwear for Builders
Your gear, your safety. If you’re a builder, your everyday safety and comfort depend on the workwear you choose – yet it can easily be dismissed as unimportant.
From torn-up hi-vis jackets to ill-fitting work boots, having the incorrect workwear can mean a lack of weather protection, discomfort, and even injuries. But, navigating the world of builders’ workwear can also be quite daunting. With so many different specifications and requirements to keep on top of, how do you know what’s the right workwear for you and your team?
In this blog, we’ll walk you through the essential workwear that builders require, as well as our top garment and brand recommendations. This will help you make sure your team stays safe, comfortable and productive out on site. Whether you’re looking to upgrade your current workwear or just starting up your new construction business, we are here to help you make the right workwear decisions for your business. From PPE to hi-visibility to fire retardant uniforms, we have you covered.
Benefits of Workwear for Builders
As providers of construction workwear, we speak to lots of professionals in the industry, so we understand the construction industry is no easy ride. Being a builder means: heavy lifting, repetitive movements, operating heavy machinery and being open to the elements. Unsuitable construction work clothes can make these jobs even harder. Suiting up your team to protect them from the dangers of working in such hazardous environments can be a daunting task. But, ensuring your team of builders is kitted out correctly is more important than ever, as discussed in our recent Guide to Hi-Vis Workwear in 2025. Sites now have even stricter PPE requirements than ever before – so ensuring your staff are wearing high-quality workwear that meets the needs of your site is imperative.
Importance of Identification
Alongside the pressures of extreme site deadlines, what your team wears can often be one of the last things you will think about. Branded workwear not only helps your team stay safe but will improve their productivity and help you identify them even in the busiest of environments. With sites having such strict uniform policies, no matter if you are a carpenter, a roofer or an electrician, without branded workwear everyone on site would look the same. This makes identifying your team almost impossible. When there are potentially hundreds of people on a construction site at any one time, your team needs to stand out from the crowd. Whether you choose to print or embroider your design onto your workwear, branded workwear can help you achieve this. With your logo printed on the back of your hi-vis jackets, you will be able to recognise your workwear from a distance, therefore making your team that much easier to spot.
Impact of Workwear on Safety
Working in the construction industry, you’ll know how ill-fitting, worn-down workwear can inhibit your movement and even increase your risk of injury on site. So making sure you are investing in proper workwear and PPE is essential.
Here are some of the ways workwear can keep your team safe on construction sites:
- Increased Visibility
Hi-visibility clothing is common on construction sites. With their reflective materials, hi-vis clothing ensures your team stays visible in some of the most dangerous working conditions.
- Protection against the elements
Working in construction can mean being outdoors for extended periods of time. And spending all day outdoors will mean battling the unpredictable nature of British weather. No matter if it’s hammering it down with rain or a blazing heatwave, if your workwear is adaptable you will ensure your team will be safe no matter the weather.
Even in the colder months, it’s important that you can offer your team warmer garments, so that they can stay comfortable and whilst still wearing your brand. If you’re looking for a new branded outer layer, why not take a look at our range of gilets and bodywarmers.
- Prevent potential injuries
Utilising the correct PPE can help to prevent unwanted injuries or health issues in the future. For example, your builders need to wear PPE to protect their ears. The Portwest HV Extreme Ear Defenders provide the ultimate ear protection when your team is around deafening machinery. Not having hearing protection as an essential part of your workwear may cause your team to have severe issues in the future. Keeping your team safe and healthy will ensure your business’s long-term success and reduce the potential turnover of your staff, due to ill health.
Another way you can utilise your injury preventative workwear is to invest in uniforms crafted from fire-retardant fabrics. Fire retardant clothing will help to keep your team safe from fire hazards. Our Yoko Hi-Vis Anti-Static Flame Retardant Waistcoat offers lightweight comfort, whilst meeting the highest safety standards required on construction sites.
Ultimately, staying safe on site is a top priority on any construction site, hence the numerous requirements, specifications and policies you need to follow to enter one. Investing in high-quality workwear and PPE, just like your tools, will keep your team safer for longer.
To take an extra step towards better workwear, it’s important that you know the best way to clean your workwear. Properly maintaining your workwear and PPE will prevent wear and tear on the garments drastically, but as your team are constantly handling hazardous products that are difficult to clean off clothing sometimes it’s easier to believe that throwing away the garment is the better option. Here at MyWorkwear we partner with StaySafe PPE, who offer laundry and recycling services for all workwear, including items such as industrial gloves. If you would like to find out more, get in touch with our team.
Boost Morale with Branded Workwear
Branded workwear is proven to have a positive effect on a team’s morale. Setting your team up with a functional uniform, branded with your logo will offer them a sense of community. Teamwork is essential in the world of construction and ensuring your team feels united will encourage them to work together more efficiently and enhance their overall productivity and morale.
Brand Recognition & Trust
Working in the construction industry normally requires businesses to not only work on large-scale building sites, but on private jobs which are customer-facing. This is a brilliant opportunity to promote your business to potential customers. Whether those customers are walking or driving past your team, the public won’t be able to recognise your team if they are not wearing branded workwear. In modern-day society, promoting brand awareness is more important than ever and having your logo branded on your team’s workwear will turn them into walking advertisements.
Additionally, if your team is going to work on a private job, it is imperative that your team come off as professional and trustworthy. After all, working on someone’s home or property can be quite personal. If your team’s uniform is branded with your logo, it instantly tells your customers that you are a reliable and skilled business that they can trust.
Top Garment Essentials for Builders
Here are MyWorkwear, we have been supplying businesses with top-quality customised workwear. With nearly 50 years’ worth of expertise, here are our top garment recommendations for builders:
Polos & T-Shirts:
Hoodies & Sweatshirts:
Hi-Visibility Clothing:
Steel Toe-Cap Boots:
Accessories:
Brands to look out for: Workwear for Builders
Navigating the multitude of clothing brands that offer uniforms for builders can be overwhelming. To give you a hand, we have selected some of our top brand recommendations to help you build your new branded uniform. With extensive size ranges and garment styles, you won’t need to look any further. Here are our favourite brands that specialise in workwear for the construction industry:
Why ProRTX?
ProRTX is known for its professional yet durable workwear that can be customised for your new uniform. With their high-quality ranges of regular and hi-visibility workwear, ProRTX is a brilliant choice that can meet all of your workwear needs.
Check out some of our top ProRTX picks:
Why Yoko?
Yoko is a premium workwear brand that offers a wide range of hi-visibility workwear. Their commitment to environmentally friendly materials makes Yoko a sustainable choice for your new uniform. Yoko really stands out for their extensive range of colours and multiple-tone styles you can choose from, to really go the extra mile to match your workwear with your brand.
Check out some of our top Yoko picks:
Why Result?
Our range of Result workwear offers you high-quality materials without the expensive price tag. Their Result Work-Guard range is meticulously crafted to provide optimum safety and comfort to your team. And as they are designed with personalisation in mind, they make a great partner for your branding.
Check out some of our top Result picks:
Why Portwest?
Portwest is a well-known workwear brand that specialises in PPE. They have one of the largest ranges of garments and accessories for you to choose from. It’s likely that no matter how niche your requirements are, Portwest will have something for you.
Check out some of our top Portwest picks
Start Upgrading your Builder’s Workwear
Now you’re all caught up on essential workwear for builders and are ready to get start on your journey to better branded workwear!
By investing in the right high-quality workwear that suits your business requirements, you will drastically extend the life of your garments. Making the right investments can help you protect your team, build brand trust, boost employee morale and promote your business to new clients.
Get started on your journey to better workwear by visiting the construction workwear section on our website.
To make sure your logo looks its best on your new uniform, contact our team here at MyWorkwear!
We’d be happy to offer you our specialised advice so that we can help you get the most out of your branded workwear.
Get in touch with us on 01952 585881 or sales@myworkwear.co.uk.
Here at MyWorkwear, we have been proud experts of customised workwear since 1976.
Elevate your new Builders Workwear by adding your new uniform to your basket, customise it with your logo and check out!
James Worthington is Co-Owner and Co-Managing Director of MyWorkwear, having taken over the business from his father and founder of the company, Mike. James has decades of experience in the workwear industry, supporting businesses across the UK with their workwear requirements.
