Our approach to sustainability is aligned with our strategy for business growth.  We continue to work with our customers/supply chain and industry partnerships to help us achieve more sustainable outcomes

• Taking a constant and forward-looking approach
• Continually seek to understand our clients’ success criteria and deliver 
• Maintain our core offering incorporating sustainability to all clients
• Measure and report sustainability KPI’s on a quarterly basis to achieve targets

• Creating markets for our sustainability services
• Incorporate the sustainability benefits of our services in all marketing and PR

• Working with clients to deliver their goals
• Obtain structured feedback on sustainability performance form clients
• Collaborate with our clients to achieve their goals through sustainable solutions

We aim to ensure the work we do improves the quality of peoples’ lives while supporting the needs of the future generation.  Our Community Benefits scheme ensures we remain engaged with the communities in which we work as well as adding value to them, i.e. Health and safety talks in local schools

• Valuing employees and their contribution in delivering sustainability
• Promote healthier lifestyles to all employees. i.e. fruit available, gym passes
• Developing the skills and creativity of our people through annual PDR’s and rewards for sustainable innovation

• Partnering with supply chain to deliver sustainable solutions
• Ensure all supply chain have been assessed and work to our sustainability policies and processes
• Creating an equitable market by paying all supply chain within 30 days
• Promote new supply chain opportunities in the areas we work

• Improve the quality of life for individuals & communities
• Employing locally and investing in skills
• Creating positive impacts in the communities we work, i.e. learning days, charitable donations etc.

Sustainable development means making better use of the planet’s resources.  By focusing on environmental issues such as energy, fuel and waste, we are reducing our costs and helping our clients reduce their impacts on the environment

• Reducing the waste that we generate and managing waste as a resource
• Purpose built head office, made from recyclable/reusable materials
• Segregating waste streams on site
• Crushing on site to produce recycled aggregate for re-use on or off site
• Becoming a 100% recycling company.  Energy From Waste – Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF)
• Strategically placed waste facilities in West Lothian, Edinburgh and Glasgow

• Reducing our carbon footprint by having Waste facilities in close proximity to our sites
• Modern plant, vehicles and machines
• Reduce noise in residential areas where possible, i.e. diesel generators, stipulated working hours
• All of our owned long reach excavators have in built dust suppression. Additional measure - operatives hosing down of machines
• Reducing our carbon footprint by reduced travel, video conference and car sharing
• Reducing our carbon footprint by using local licensed facilities for disposal of segregated waste streams, video conference and car sharing

• Sourcing supplies locally and ensuring full product life-cycle
• All plant is renewed and maintained periodically to ensure low fuel consumption and emissions

With our extensive range of plant and equipment our resources are available for use on major contracts to continue with bulk reduced level excavation and removal off-site of surplus material following completion of the Demolition works.  This gives us a substantial degree of flexibility and continuity on-site with significant cost benefits being passed on to our many clients within the following sectors of the industry:

• Local Authorities, City and regional Councils
• National and Local main Contractors
• House Builders
• Health Trusts and Hospital Boards
• Housing Associations
• Insurance Loss Adjusters
• Consulting Architects, Engineers, Surveyors
• Property Developers
• Distilleries/Petrol Chemical Plants

Our on-site crushing service is a very economic method of recycling various products during the Demolition and bulk excavation stages of many projects. Site waste can be significantly reduced with the client obtaining further cost savings on imported hardcore. We also have a range of recycled hardcore for sale.