Construction is 'What We Do'
Constructing Local
defines ‘Who We Are’

We work with our clients and their communities to ensure measurable social and economic value is delivered in conjunction with every project.

Our ‘Constructing Local’ delivery framework of 30 programmes is set across 6 themed ‘E’s. We are proud of our ‘E’s, what they stand for and what they deliver; they set us apart from our competition and represent one of the most comprehensive social value offers in the construction industry.

Employment Education Engagement Economy Employees Even Greener

Employment

We prioritise the employment of local people and have a range of interventions which allow us to upskill and reskill people from all backgrounds. We are firmly committed to training apprentices, supporting our Armed Forces community and providing opportunities for those furthest from the job market.

Programmes

Job Creation & Retention

We prioritise 40% local authority and 80% regional employment on all schemes through new job creation, local subcontractor selection and our directly employed workforce.

Local Employment Monitoring

Our employment data is tracked by our cloud based, GDPR compliant, local employment monitoring (LEM) system. Data is collected electronically and reported to our clients during scheme delivery.

Apprenticeships

We directly employ 50 apprentices (8% of our workforce), and work proactively with our supply chain to ensure local apprentices are trained on our schemes.

Constructing Careers

We equip NEETs, the unemployed and those furthest from the job market with the training and certification required to access construction sector jobs without the need for prior experience.

Soldiers to Site

We support those transitioning from active service to civilian employment through tailored work experience placements, job application support, employability training and 1-2-1 mentoring.

Education

We deliver award winning education programmes which inspire the workforce of the future, change outdated perceptions of the construction sector, introduce students to relatable positive role models, develop transferable employability skills and share the diverse range of rewarding careers the construction sector has to offer.

Programmes

Construction in the Curriculum

Timetable take over! We deliver curriculum subjects through a construction and built environment lens demonstrating how school subjects are used every day jobs in construction careers.

Building My Skills

We work in partnership with a huge range of businesses from all sectors to deliver timetabled employability workshops, provide careers advice and deliver regional mock interview days.

Get into STEM

Our award-winning primary ‘STEM kits’ positively shape early years career aspirations and help to develop skill sets essential for STEM careers.

T-Levels

We deliver 45-day Construction T-Level placements in surveying and design, civil engineering and building services design.

Work Experiences

We deliver site and office-based work experience, summer and gap year placements suitable for job seekers, school, college and university students.

Engagement

We are committed to our clients and their communities, delivering meaningful engagement which makes a real difference to local people. We work collaboratively to provide grant and volunteering support, keep residents safe and informed, and reduce anti-social behaviour.

Programmes

Volunteering

We work with our clients to identify and deliver community volunteering in the areas near to our schemes.

Site Visits

Site visits provide a fantastic opportunity for students of all ages, the general public and sector groups to get a behind the scenes discover Esh schemes in their local area.

Stay Safe

Fun and interactive presentations highlighting the dangers of construction sites. Students take part in a site safety poster competition with the winning posters being displayed on our site hoardings.

Donations in Kind

We work with our clients to identify and grant fund projects which support communities local to our schemes.

Community Events

We regularly attend neighbourhood events to share scheme updates, consult on local improvements, support community activities, promote job vacancies and provide important updates to residents.

Economy

We support local economies by maintaining strong relationships with local subcontractors and suppliers – every scheme we deliver provides an opportunity to support local businesses.

Programmes

Local Spend

We are committed to supporting local supply chains by spending 20% within the local authority and 80% regionally on every scheme we deliver.

Local Procurement Monitoring

We analyse supply chain locations at bid stage and commit to specific local spend targets. Data is collected electronically, collated and reported to our clients during delivery.

Prompt Payment

As signatories of the PPC we demonstrate our commitment to tackling late payment by paying within terms agreed at the outset of the contract and display our payment data publicly on the .GOV website.

SME Support

Working in partnership with our connectivity partners we support local businesses by delivering digital masterclasses which help grow business leads and improve customer experiences.

Employees

Our employees and supply chain partners are our most valuable assets. We provide comprehensive training, mental health, wellbeing, and safety support to ensure a happy, engaged and productive workforce.

Programmes

Mental Health

We have over 30 trained MHFA’s who provide advice, support and signposting to anyone who may be experiencing difficulties. We are also proud partners Lighthouse Club Construction Industry Charity.

Everyone Safely Home

The safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities in which they work is our number one priority. ESH provides guidance, systems, documentation and support to everyone who visits our schemes.

Armed Forces

We are proud holders of the Armed Forces ERS Gold Covenant and are committed to supporting veterans, reservists and military spouses within our workforce and supply chain and the wider AF community.

Training

We deliver over 800 training completions each year, reaccrediting and upskilling in-line with our own passport training matrix.

Benefits

We offer a range of 18 benefits including generous annual leave entitlement, ULEV vehicle leasing, a company fuel scheme, MediCash, private health care, BenefitHub and much more.

Even Greener

We are committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2040 by taking achievable steps towards an Even Greener operating model. This includes providing our clients with low carbon construction solutions, trialling and adopting greener processes, products, fleet and fuel solutions, and supporting our supply chain to accurately measure and reduce their carbon footprint.

Programmes

Carbon Champions

We have appointed subject matter experts with the relevant knowledge and authority to bring forward new low carbon products, processes, ideas and innovations.

Clienting

We work with our clients to develop low carbon construction projects through green engineering, the use of low carbon building materials and adopting low carbon processes.

Project Delivery

We recently implemented standardised project adjudication packs and preliminaries to include low carbon defaults and options, and visibly promote of our Even Greener agenda across our business.

Inventory

We work closely with our suppliers to add ‘Even Greener’ alternatives to our stock catalogue, including; low carbon welfare facilities, plant, building materials, small tools, wagons and PPE.

Supply Chain

We have engaged 80% of our supply chain to offer carbon guidance, resources and training support in a bid to improve carbon awareness and reporting accuracy.

Don’t just take our word for it

80%

Site operatives live within our operating regions

1500+

Apprenticeship training days delivered directly by Esh and indirectly by our subcontractors

£100k

Donated to organisations which support our local communities each year

2040

We are committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2040

18

Staff benefits offered including ULEV vehicles, medical care and birthday leave

99%

Of our apprentices and degree students progress to full time roles within Esh Group companies

30+

Trained Mental First Aiders work across our office and sites

1000

Hours of volunteering delivered by Esh staff and our sub-contractors each year

8%

Of our workforce are studying and apprenticeship

800+

Primary students engaged though our Stay Safe programme each year

80%

Procurement spend within our operating regions

500

Students and local residents visit our schemes each year

8000

Schools students engaged each year through our award-winning employability and skills programmes

80%

Of our supply chain have been offered support to accurately measure and reduce their carbon footprin

500+

Students and local residents visit our schemes each year

2023

In 2023 we were awarded the Armed Forces ERS ‘Gold’ Covenant

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Award Winning

Our programmes have won over 20 awards including a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for our commitment to promoting opportunity and social mobility.

Deliverable Commitments

Our Constructing Local team write our tender commitments – we do not commit to anything that cannot be delivered.

Transferrable Approach

We deliver our programmes all year round throughout our operating regions. All can be tailored to any community in which we work.

Dedicated Delivery Team

Our programmes are managed by a dedicated and experienced team who are based in the regions we operate.

Management System

Our custom-built ‘Loop’ system tracks commitment progress, scheduled activity, evidence, and provides live SROI% and £SV reporting.

Geomapping

We map local spend and employment data producing by point, heatmap and density within local authority or regional boundaries.

E-Reporting

At the end of each scheme we produce a branded E-Report summarising all outcomes across.

Award Winning

Our programmes have won over 20 awards including a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for our commitment to promoting opportunity and social mobility.

Deliverable Commitments

Our Constructing Local team write our tender commitments – we do not commit to anything that cannot be delivered.

Transferrable Approach

We deliver our programmes all year round throughout our operating regions. All can be tailored to any community in which we work.

Dedicated Delivery Team

Our programmes are managed by a dedicated and experienced team who are based in the regions we operate.

Management System

Our custom-built ‘Loop’ system tracks commitment progress, scheduled activity, evidence, and provides live SROI% and £SV reporting.

Geomapping

We map local spend and employment data producing by point, heatmap and density within local authority or regional boundaries.

E-Reporting

At the end of each scheme we produce a branded E-Report summarising all outcomes across.

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Contact

Kate Marshall

Social Value Manager, North East

Megan Roberts

Social Value Manager, Yorkshire

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Esh welcomes a member of the British Armed Forces for work experience

Connor Woodward, a former mechanical engineer in the British Armed Forces joined Esh for a two-week work experience placement. During his first week, he worked on site with Esh’s civil engineering division at Trinity Enterprise Zone and he worked in the plant yard at our Headquartersthroughout the second week.

Volunteering day complete at site of former mining disaster

12 representatives from Esh Construction’s civil engineering division have taken part in a volunteering activity at Oaks Lane, an ex-colliery site and location of the 1866 Oaks Mining Disaster. Colleagues worked alongside Barnsley Main Heritage Group to clear woodland after tree felling, dig and create a hibernaculum, re-use the woodchip generated from tree felling in the planted garden, and litter pick the cleared areas.

Volunteering success for Ryhope Doxford Link Road scheme

Colleagues from Esh Construction’s Corporate Affairs team and civil engineering division completed 68 hours of volunteering alongside Durham & Sunderland Food bank and International Community Organization of Sunderland (ICOS) at Backhouse Park as part of our social value commitments on Ryhope Doxford Link Road.

Volunteering complete at Sheffield community grocery initiative

Two colleagues from Esh’s Social Value Team have volunteered at Hope in the Community as part of our commitments on the Fir View Gardens scheme in Sheffield. The pair worked in the community grocery to pick and pack orders of affordable food to support residents in the local area.

Esh welcomes mental health charity to deliver ‘toolbox talk’ on site

Esh Construction welcomed the Lighthouse Charity to sites at Kelloe, Lamesley, Gresham and Kedward Avenue as part of the Help Inside the Hard Hat roadshow. A toolbox talk was delivered to our site teams - reaching more than 80 colleagues - to let them know about the crucial support services Lighthouse has to offer and focussing on the importance of looking after your health and mental wellbeing.

Esh makes STEM kit donation to two North East Schools

Colleagues from Esh-Stantec and Esh’s commercial build division have donated a range of STEM and construction resources to Burnhope Primary School and Toner Avenue Primary School. The equipment will be used for both indoor and outdoor learning and will encourage students to build and explore from an early age.

Local church receives £2,000 donation to support its eco-shop

St Thomas’s Church Group in the Brambles Farm area of Middlesbrough has received funding from Esh Construction to support its eco-shop which helps local families in need. Eco-shops provide food for those in the local community in exchange for a small donation, in this case £2 for 10 items. The donation will allow the group to increase purchases, enabling them to support more families and offer a wider selection of food.

Esh welcomes group of university students to Rotherham site

Students studying Quantity Surveying at Huddersfield University were welcomed to our Broom Road and Wellgate Cycle Facilities in Rotherham. The students were given an overview of the project, a tour of site and received a presentation about the role of a quantity surveyor. The visit was held by Charlie Seargent who is currently on a year-long undergraduate placement with Esh’s civil engineering division from Huddersfield University.

Esh staff take part in a bingo event to launch extra care scheme

Esh Construction celebrated the completion of the extra care scheme at De Wint Court with a bingo day for residents, staff and management of the facility. As part of the day attendees enjoyed a buffet lunch and the bingo machine, dabbers, cards and prizes were donated to residents for their weekly bingo meet.

Wallsend primary school students design ‘wellbeing pebbles’ for health centre garden

North East Social Value Manager, Kate Marshall, delivered a wellbeing workshop to Western Community Primary School in Wallsend. The students then designed pebbles with the wellbeing theme as inspiration. The students then visited Hadrian Health Centre in Wallsend and placed the brightly painted pebbles in the courtyard ready to catch the eyes of visitors.

Esh Construction deliver STEM session in Yorkshire Primary School

Esh’s Yorkshire Social Value Manager, Megan Roberts, delivered a Get into STEM session at Kilham Church of England Primary School in Hull. The session introduced students to different roles in construction and how to stay safe around a building site. Students then visited Esh’s affordable housing development across the road to meet the Site Manager and tour the site.

Esh colleagues complete mountain walk with veterans’ charity

Members of Esh Construction and veterans from the armed forces completed a hike up Blencathra in the Lake District. Esh’s Contracts Manager and qualified mountain leader Darran Milne led the group up the 868-metre-tall mountain. The hike was arranged in partnership with Launchpad Veterans which provides accommodation and support for veterans to help them transition from military to civilian life.

Esh supports local grassroots football team

In partnership with Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service, we have funded a new training kit for Jarrow Pumas U8’s. The sponsorship will allow the team to take its first steps into football as it plays its first season together. The donation was made as part of our social value commitments for the Hebburn Tri Station scheme which will become home to Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service alongside teams from Northumbria Police and North East Ambulance Service.

Sheffield based allotment project receives Greener Communities funding

Sheffield-based Wybourn Allotment and Orchard has received funding from Esh Construction’s Greener Communities programme. Granted to Great Places Housing Group and The Green Estate Community Interest Company, the donation will fund a horticultural Ranger, with mental health first aid training, to deliver sessions for local residents at the allotment and orchard.

Yearlong paid placement from Newcastle University

Thomas, a Civil & Structural Engineering student from Newcastle University, who has joined Esh Construction on a year-long paid placement. After completing his second year at university, Thomas wanted to experience a year in the industry to enhance his studies and support his future career in engineering. This isn’t Thomas's first experience with Esh however, having previously completed a one-week work experience placement alongside the Site Engineer at Trinity Enterprise Zone earlier this year.

New College Durham T-Level placement

Evan, a T-Level Surveying and Design for Construction and the Built Environment student from New College Durham. 17-year-old Evan has completed 14 days of his placement so far, first working on our Springmoor Grange School project in Spennymoor and now continuing his placement with our civil engineering planning team.

Supporting the Grove Hill 'BIG' clean up

Volunteers from Esh have been busy in Middlesbrough taking part in the ‘Grove Hill Big Clean’ alongside Thirteen Group and other local volunteers. Various areas were litter picked and weeded, and residents had free access to skips and were supported with disposal. It marks the second ‘Big Clean’ we have been involved with in Middlesbrough this month, and is part of our commitment to delivering social value initiatives on the Grove Hill scheme.

Creating Social Value Breakfast

Our Director of Corporate Affairs & Social Value, Darush Dodds, joined a panel alongside other influential speakers in the subject area. At the event guests discussed how social value differs or complements Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance and which industry sectors are most engaged, as well as providing an insight into how success in social value can be measured and how businesses have made it part of their mission.

Soldiers to Site Placement

It was a pleasure to host Corporal Sean Alexander from the Royal Lancers at our Gresham site in Middlesbrough and Springmoor Grange School site in Spennymoor. Sean joined us on two-week placement via our ‘Soldiers to Site’ programme. Sean has been in the armed forces for the last nine years specialising in reconnaissance as well as working on vehicle management and maintenance.

Construction is 'What We Do' Constructing Localdefines ‘Who We Are’

We work with our clients and their communities to ensure measurable social and economic value is delivered in conjunction with every project.

Employment

Programmes

Job Creation & Retention

Local Employment Monitoring

Apprenticeships

Constructing Careers

Soldiers to Site

Education

Programmes

Construction in the Curriculum

Building My Skills

Get into STEM

T-Levels

Work Experiences

Engagement

Programmes

Volunteering

Site Visits

Stay Safe

Donations in Kind

Community Events

Economy

Programmes

Local Spend

Local Procurement Monitoring

Prompt Payment

SME Support

Employees

Programmes

Mental Health

Everyone Safely Home

Armed Forces

Training

Benefits

Even Greener

Programmes

Carbon Champions

Clienting

Project Delivery

Inventory

Supply Chain

Don’t just take our word for it

80%

1500+

£100k

2040

18

99%

30+

1000

8%

800+

80%

500

8000

80%

500+

2023

Award Winning

Our programmes have won over 20 awards including a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for our commitment to promoting opportunity and social mobility.

Deliverable Commitments

Our Constructing Local team write our tender commitments – we do not commit to anything that cannot be delivered.

Transferrable Approach

We deliver our programmes all year round throughout our operating regions. All can be tailored to any community in which we work.

Dedicated Delivery Team

Our programmes are managed by a dedicated and experienced team who are based in the regions we operate.

Management System

Our custom-built ‘Loop’ system tracks commitment progress, scheduled activity, evidence, and provides live SROI% and £SV reporting.

Geomapping

We map local spend and employment data producing by point, heatmap and density within local authority or regional boundaries.

E-Reporting

At the end of each scheme we produce a branded E-Report summarising all outcomes across.

Award Winning

Our programmes have won over 20 awards including a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for our commitment to promoting opportunity and social mobility.

Deliverable Commitments

Our Constructing Local team write our tender commitments – we do not commit to anything that cannot be delivered.

Transferrable Approach

We deliver our programmes all year round throughout our operating regions. All can be tailored to any community in which we work.

Construction is 'What We Do'
Constructing Local
defines ‘Who We Are’