We are a values-driven organization and work to meet the highest professional and ethical standards. We regularly evaluate and update our governance to ensure our firm today stays true to our purpose, ambition, and values.

Integrity, Accountability, Transparency, and Participation. Purpose-led, efficiently governed, and continuously energized ground our work and unite our community. We see integrity as the basis of long-term trusted relationships. Integrity requires developing and upholding a set of inviolable beliefs. People of integrity are not inflexible, but their decisions are made in the context of strongly held values. Principled leaders must not only set a moral compass but also effectively communicate a code of conduct to those they lead. They are obligated to remain faithful to their core convictions in order to demand and inspire the same in others. Optimism in leadership is envisioning the best possible outcome for a situation and convincing the people around you to put forth their best effort to obtain that outcome.

Accountability means measuring results throughout an organization and holding people responsible for their performance. The ability to measure performance accurately is critical to any organization looking to improve efficiency and ensure success. A system of measurement motivates employees and decision makers alike. Accountability enables organizational leaders to identify problems more effectively and make solutions pervasive throughout an organization. Whether on a daily basis or in times of crisis, organizations look to their leaders for courage in the face of adversity.  Courage is the strength to act on strong beliefs, whatever the risk. When leaders remain steadfast in their adherence to principles, regardless of professional jeopardy, they generate confidence, loyalty, and respect from their peers, employees, and clients. In today’s business climate, executives must have the courage to enact corporate governance initiatives that curtail excess and uphold the interests of customers, shareholders, and employees.

Effective management of any organization requires clear goals and internal communication, both vertically and horizontally, in collective pursuit of those goals. To make well-informed decisions, a leader should delegate and understand the roles of each segment of his or her organization. Through relentless preparation and reliable, frequent communication, a leader can achieve this level of comprehension, which will aid in coordinating the efforts of his or her team. Access to and modesty in a leader improve worker morale and provide incentives for employees to work toward a clear and common goal. 

Our values define who we are as a firm and who we aspire to be. We have built our reputation on the safety, quality and schedule performance we bring to our projects. We construct our projects using consistent tools, systems and standards to safely deliver superior results even in the most challenging environments. Our comprehensive portfolio of projects across the industries we serve, and our concept-to-completion range of capabilities position us to meet the needs of our customers year after year. We have achieved extraordinary results following the distinctive vision of our founders—a cohesive team of professionals intensely focused on solving our clients’ most important problems. Meeting this goal requires that we think, work, and behave distinctively.

We are strengthened by the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives that each of our employees brings to our Firm. Our goal is to ensure that we provide a supportive and inclusive workplace where every employee is valued and has the opportunity to succeed. Our efforts encompass all employees across the Firm, and we hold inclusion among our core values, enhancing our culture of excellence, collegiality and respect. Our Firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts are spearheaded by our Diversity Committee, with the support and involvement of our full partnership.

We are committed to developing a group of people to reach their maximum potential. One of our most distinctive competitive advantages is the quality of our knowledge. We continually seek ways to foster creativity as a tool for building more livable communities. Using our global reach, we share our insights, convene partnerships for action, and serve clients to inform critical decision-makers with the power to make real change. To that end, we regularly evaluate and update our governance process, including the policy determining which clients we serve and on what topics, ensuring we systematically identify and manage risk before committing to a client project. We follow these core values uncompromisingly as part of our corporate vision.

Demand and deliver safety everyday

Requiring safe jobsites and safe behavior by our employees and subcontractors is imperative. Our industry-leading safety record is the result of training, continued focus and accountability. Thinking safety and acting safely are a requirement for everyone. Values capture what is most important to an organization. Our values represent a core set of beliefs that guide how our organization conducts itself and builds trust-based relationships with partners and grantees. Our values guide our decisions, behaviors, and reflect how we seek to serve our communities and work together to create a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.

Serving our clients with the highest professional standards

We are privileged to have the trust of the clients that we serve, and we earn that trust by always acting with the highest integrity; by providing objective and independent advice; by putting our clients’ interests ahead of our own; and by protecting our clients’ confidential and sensitive information. We have the trust not only of the clients that we serve, but also of the communities in which we operate and of the talented people who join our firm. We expect all colleagues to act at in ways that justify and reinforce the trust in which we are held. We seek to be responsible guardians of our clients' capital by engineering and constructing in a way that is sustainable, sensible, and focused.

Creating a working environment that inspires and motivates

Values capture what is most important to an organization. Our core values are deeply ingrained principles that embody who we are, what we stand for, and how we work. Our values represent a core set of beliefs that guide how our organization conducts itself and builds trust-based relationships with partners and grantees. Our values guide our decisions, behaviors, and reflect how we seek to serve our communities and work together to create a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. Our core purpose is the reason our company exists; the societal need we fulfil. It encapsulates what we are fundamentally here to do. It provides a clear expression of the kind of business we want to be, and what we care about, which in turn helps guide us in the decisions we make. We have the capability and capital, the operational resilience and the commitment, to make a real and lasting difference to the economic lives of customers and communities. We understand the power of building an inclusive culture for everybody, knowing that we make a bigger difference when we pull together as one team.

Championing change through continuous improvement and learning

We attract, develop, and seek to excite and retain, truly exceptional people. We do this through the opportunities for impact, growth, and development we provide; by providing a work environment in which our people feel respected, and can thrive, grow, and be their best; and by maintaining a caring meritocracy. Our success as innovators in the construction industry is based on our devotion to providing the best construction-related services that exceed our customers’ expectations. We achieve this through a responsive team of experienced professionals with a “Commitment to Excellence” toward one common goal—a satisfied and valued client.

Fulfilling our responsibility to society

We believe that we have a unique opportunity and a responsibility to use our expertise, knowledge, and capabilities to help address the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. Creating a culture where everyone feels welcome, included and respected is central to our success. As a firm, we are committed to positive social impact. We help address societal challenges in the way we conduct ourselves in the course of our business; through our engagement in our communities; and in the investments we make to support significant and lasting impact on pressing social issues.

Dedicated to supplier diversity

We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone’s contribution. We have enduring partnerships and affiliations with a number of like-minded organizations. We partner with a variety of organizations to deliver creative and innovative solutions for our clients and global business. We strive to engage vendors that reflect the diversity of the communities where we live and work and of the clients we serve, and we look for vendors that can bring a range of perspectives to help us discover creative, effective solutions. We have high expectations of ourselves and our extended community of minority- and women-owned business enterprises, veteran-owned firms, and specialty and prime contractors as we work together to achieve our objectives.

Commitment to our firm's success

We honor our commitments and meet deadlines, targets and deliverables. We put intense effort into our work and actively look for ways to deliver the best results for our clients and so for our firm. We benefit from collaborating in an inclusive environment, where our diversity enriches our decision-making and idea-generation. We engage with and learn from others through open dialogue. We analyze a broad range of financial and non-financial measures to make sure our strategy is working. We seek to work in a spirit of partnership, not just with our colleagues but also with our clients, stakeholders, political decision-makers and the community. Collectively, these and other improvements represent significant steps in the continued evolution of how our firm operates. They do not change the values we have always lived by; they do strengthen them and give our colleagues clearer guidelines to put those values into practice.