Our Social Responsibilities

KpH acknowledges our responsibilities towards society, the environment and our stakeholders. Through managing our business in a fair and ethical manner we are able to demonstrate our consideration towards employees and the wider community.

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Our commitment to engaging with our community is detailed below and summarised in our Corporate Social Responsibility Statement. KpH Deconstruction have achieved Performance Beyond Compliance certification on 100% of our sites audited by the CCS.

Working with the Community

KpH consider the needs and safety of the local community at every project site, and work hard to minimise disturbance or disruption to their activities. We were awarded a CCS Bronze Award at our site at 10 Devonshire Square in recognition of our efforts to accommodate live businesses and liaise successfully with neighbours and tenants.

Supporting Local/Industry Charities

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KpH believe it is important to invest time and resources into supporting local projects and charities that have a positive impact on the community.

At our Head Office in Caterham, KpH have actively raised funds for, or sponsored, a variety of local causes over the years; some of which are detailed below:

We also make it a priority to support important causes in our industry or that are local to our sites; aiming to add value to the communities we work with:

Respect for the Environment

ISO 14001:2015 Accreditation

KpH successfully migrated our Environmental Management System (EMS) to the new standard and are ISO 14001:2015 accredited.

We are always looking for ways to minimise the impact we are making on the environment and do all we can to support industry and local initiatives and campaigns. To read our full list of achievements, and to find out about our new relationship with the Surrey Wildlife Trust, visit our Environment and Sustainability page here.

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We also recently launched our KpH Reusable Bottles; an initiative that came about as a result of our ‘Spotlight on Plastics and Packaging’ Campaign (to assess how much single-use plastic we were producing on-site) and as part of our wider Waste Management Review. Read the full story on how we are reducing plastic waste on our sites here.

Focus on Career Development

KpH Deconstruction believe it is important to share our experience and knowledge with up-and-coming talent and we will look to participate in career progression and education based Open Days as often as possible. For us as an employer, it is a fantastic opportunity to meet the next generation of potential employees and offer them a position in our specially developed training programme for Trainee Labourers.

Please visit our Join our Team page to enquire about vacancies and find out why staff like working for our KpH family.

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KpH look to engage people with potential in apprenticeship positions in all areas of our business as a way of utilising and nurturing local resources. Our training programmes have produced some great success stories over the years and can be offered in the following roles:

Site Labourers

Our Trainee Labourers Programme is designed to support and help keen and interested individuals on their journey from their starting role as a Trainee Labourer to a fully qualified Labourer and skilled Operative.

Estimating Surveyors / Quantity Surveyors

We employ Trainee/Junior Quantity Surveyors direct from University who then progress through our concentrated programme for graduate development.

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We #loveconstruction

Being keen supporters of the Considerate Contractors Scheme; KpH are proud to be taking part in the #loveconstruction campaign. We want the Construction Industry to have a positive impact on the community and encourage the next generation of workers to join us.

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