About us

Expanded’s direct delivery approach involves maintaining control over key project elements by leveraging in-house expertise and resources, such as our directly employed workforce, comprising a diverse range of skilled professionals, including engineers, designers, project managers, and construction specialists. By employing a significant portion of our workforce directly, we maintain greater control over quality, safety, and productivity across our projects. This approach ensures that the company can efficiently mobilise resources, retain expertise, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. Additionally, having a directly employed workforce supports the company’s commitment to workforce development, training, and long-term career progression.

Our vertically integrated specialist businesses

Our approach includes self-performing critical construction activities and integrating design, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities ourselves, this includes Explore Manufacturing for concrete product manufacture, Crown House (CHt) for MEP offsite manufacture, onsite installation and systems integration, Select Plant for crane, plant and site accommodation solutions, and Explore Transport, for logistics management and transport. By doing so, we aim to enhance quality, reduce risks, optimise schedules, and deliver cost-effective solutions. The direct delivery model also supports innovation and ensures alignment with client objectives throughout the project lifecycle.

We have a wide-ranging in-house design and engineering function that includes temporary works design, geotechnical design and reinforcement design teams managed by highly qualified and experienced engineers. All our engineers are designers are highly diligent with proven capabilities. 

Further engineering and design support is provided though access to our Materials Technology Centers (based in London and Manchester), our in-house specialist land surveying team, precast design, and digital engineering. 

Design and engineering capabilities include:

• Digital engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Facade Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering

Every organisation has an impact on the world around it. Being a responsible business means being transparent about what these are, measuring them accurately and then acting to minimise them. As part of the Laing O'Rourke Group we are committed to protecting the environment and helping people thrive.

Offsite manufacturing supports our sustainability goals by reducing embodied carbon, minimising waste, and improving resource efficiency. Our DfMA strategies have demonstrated substantial carbon savings across various projects.

Our commitment to sustainability. Expanded is committed to becoming PAS 2080:2023 certified, adhering to decarbonisation principles and ISO standards for carbon measurement and reduction across all project phases and aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions: 42% for scopes 1-2 and 25% for Scope 3 by 2023; and a 90% reduction across scopes 1-3 by 2024, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.

Lowering our carbon emissions. Other ways we are reducing our carbon emissions include using HVO fuels, electric and renewable-powered equipment, telematics for efficiency monitoring, and innovative technologies like Windcrane and Flybrid systems. We prioritise the use of low carbon concrete, project carbon reviews, data-driven approaches, and biodiversity protection to achieve significant carbon savings and environmental sustainability.