Today marks the start of the Paralympic Games in Beijing, and as an official partner of ParalympicsGB, we’re excited to be showing our support across our offices, sites and at home.
Our partnership with ParalympicsGB began in 2019 and is something we’re extremely proud of. Supporting the most inspirational team of athletes in the UK felt like the right thing to do and reflects both our passion for inclusion and our constant pursuit of excellence.
The partnership provides us with the opportunity to drive our aspiration to be an industry leading brand for inclusion; a brand beyond construction; synonymous with British success and supporting our ambition to be the Best Place to Work.
Building on the success of the partnership so far, the next few months will see us continue working closely with ParalympicsGB to get to know our athletes more through a series of special events. Watch this space for further announcements.
After witnessing first-hand how our aligned culture and values have helped to inspire people over the past two years, we are excited to see how our ongoing partnership with ParalympicsGB, which will take us through to Paris 2024, can further enhance our working culture and environment. We are proud to continue our pursuit of excellence and inclusivity alongside ParalympicsGB in support of our ambition to be the Best Place to Work and our commitment to inspire industry wide change on inclusion.
Paul Hamer CEO, Sir Robert McAlpine
Mike Sharrock, CEO, British Paralympic Association added:
“I wanted to express my gratitude to everyone at Sir Robert McAlpine for your support. We are all so appreciative of the strong values-based leadership that you bring to our partnership and of your commitment to inclusion. That’s exactly what we look for in our partners. We’re delighted that you have chosen to renew the partnership through to Paris and excited at what our two teams can achieve together.”
As part of our partnership with the British Paralympic Association, we have been fortunate to follow and interact with several athletes across various disciplines as they prepared for the 2020 Paralympic Games. Here we reflect on the success of ParalympicsGB in Tokyo.
To show support for our friends at ParalympicsGB on their road to Tokyo, our people took part in their own virtual baton relay.
In this special episode we are joined by two ParalympicsGB athletes, Amy Truesdale and Richard Whitehead who talk inclusion.
