For society

From hospitals to railways, we’re delivering the infrastructure needed to enrich lives and help local communities thrive. By investing in skills development and creating employment opportunities, we create economic growth and increase prosperity in the community.

Delivering projects that connect and support people and communities is a privilege and a responsibility.  As a family-owned business, we have always sought to ensure our work delivers a lasting benefit for people, in line with our purpose of pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in service of humanity.

Our social value strategy provides a framework to achieve this. It allows our project teams to adapt and focus on what clients and communities need most.  This could be more skills and employment opportunities, prioritising local supply chain partners, inspiring the next generation about careers in construction, improving community health and wellbeing or protecting the planet and nature.

We also work beyond the construction phase of a project to create social value, supporting the ambitious goals set out in our sustainability strategy.

Delivering meaningful impact to leave a positive legacy

In the UK, we are committed to enriching the lives of 2 million people and creating £2bn of social impact by 2030 by focusing on key five areas closely aligned to the government’s Social Value Model.

Measuring our impact

We don't just measure social value. We measure the difference we're making. In the UK, we work with social value specialists Thrive to track and measure our impact across every project. This helps us understand where we're making the greatest difference, identify opportunities to do more and ensure our commitments translate into meaningful outcomes for people and communities.

Since setting our target, we've generated £1.36bn of social impact, including £265m in FY26. We're on a journey to enrich the lives of 2 million people and create £2bn of social impact by 2030 - using data and insight to challenge ourselves to go further.

Sharing best practice

We know to add social value, we’re better working together. In the UK, we work with a range of partners to help us deliver specialist skills where their knowledge can enhance our own. We also share our own insight within a number of social value-focused forums and collaborate to ensure we continue to deliver to the highest standards.

We sit on the committee for Thrive's Impact Evaluation Standard and on NHS committee ProCure23 Social Value Working Group, giving us an opportunity to help shape and drive social value action.