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▲ Rainham Marshes Habitat Scheme during construction
At the major infrastructure project, Land + Water has tackled the challenge of difficult ground by turning the task into a floating project rather than trying to make it land-based, using a temporary canal for access and piling operations, rather than importing significant quantities of stone to form a conventional works platform. The approach aligns with its experience and resources and has helped to unlock a complex and sensitive section of works.
Social contribution
James links the company’ s recent substantial growth to capability, teammanship, and strong sense of pride in the company’ s passion to leave the world a better place, describing Land + Water as a resource-led contractor, with its own equipment and people.“ We don’ t outsource; we in-source and self-deliver much of our work,” he states.
“ We have a strong commitment to our teams, and we invest heavily in them and the company culture.”
Indeed, the business is now working towards becoming the UK’ s first wholly regenerative contractor, using AI to score nature before, during, and after each project. James believes this approach encourages the team to look beyond simple delivery and focus on social contribution through nature recovery. Summing up with some details about the business’ culture and capacity, James confirms that its biggest priority is preserving its culture.“ I value feedback from the workforce and want to maintain our family values as our scale increases,” James concludes. ■
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