Our People

Central to our culture is the value we place on our employees, whom we seek to support through an employment relationship founded on fairness, equity, consistency, and trust.


The Group retained its Investors in People accreditation across each of its divisions in 2011, which continues to provide external verification of HR practices across the Group. The annual employee survey, completed in July 2011, further confirmed that 85.1% of staff were ‘satisfied or very satisfied’ with their job (2010: 83.9%).

The total number of employees, divisional employment profiles and related Group costs are all detailed in note 3 to the financial statements on page 72. Of the total number of employees 79% are male and 21% are female.

The Group continues to recognise long service through its long service awards, and currently there are 867 employees who have ten years or more service with the Group and 314 with over 20 years’ service.

The Chief Executive’s Roadshow presentation (pictured above) remains a key tool in outlining to our employees, face-to-face, the Group’s progress, our current market position and plans for the future.The roadshow demonstrates the strengths of the Group through the inclusion of a diverse range of projects, high profile schemes and positive feedback from clients, awards ceremonies and journalists.