The entire philosophy of John Laing is one of partnership. Be it partnering with local authorities, health trusts, or emergency services to provide improved infrastructure, or partnering with members of local communities to work together to share knowledge and experience,our ethos of long-term buy-in to any project means thatwe view ourselvesnot as a short-term, quick-fix provider but a fully fledged stakeholder in whateverwe do.

Our accommodation and property teams are developing long-term partnerships with local authorities for the provision of new council offices, civic amenities and regeneration development. In the education sector, we areworking with both further and higher education institutions to deliver new facilities. We areable to do this by using our expertise to bring together all the disparate agencies involved in regeneration in a partnership from which all parties benefit.

But partnership does not end with the financial side of a project.At John Laing, weimmerseourselves in a project so that our staff become almost part of it. Support staff in police stations, schools, medical centres and the like, work hand-in-hand with staff employed directly by the facility to ensure that it operates smoothly and efficiently, with a coherent team approach adopted by all. For example, John Laing staff employed to man the front desk of a police station form part of a well-structured and seamless team, providing a vital public-facing role whilst enabling police officers to carry out their jobs in a more efficient manner.