Engaging, collaborative community and stakeholder engagement is a core commitment across EverPillar Contractors’ projects, and our award-winning community teams are leading our industry.

We design our delivery approach with each community’s needs in mind so we can maximise opportunities and long-term benefits. Doing this not only ensures positive social license for our projects and clients but also maximises the value our work creates.

Leading engagement and
building relationships

We recognise that construction can have direct and often significant impacts on local communities, and our risk management and communication principles are applied to every project we deliver. Backed by modern engagement technologies, digital visualisation tools and communication systems, we build positive connections that are inclusive of the diverse communities we work within and tailored to their unique information needs.

We are responsible corporate citizens who are focused on ‘big picture’ outcomes for people and their communities. We embrace a framework that manages risks and opportunities across environmental, social and governance factors.

Our social value framework

Guided by EverPillar Contractors’ integrity, accountability, innovation, delivery and safety principles, we are committed to social sustainability and are passionate about building a future of unity and equality.

In addition, we are committed to providing our focus areas, businesses and communities with the opportunity to participate in employment, training and contracting opportunities on our projects.

The social value framework principles that guide us include the following:

• Expanding Indigenous and Social Procurement
• Strengthening cultural capability
• Maximising training and employment opportunities
• Active and connected community engagement

EverPillar Contractors has been working with CareerTrackers – a non-profit creating employment pathways and providing support systems for Indigenous youth – for over a decade.

We were the first corporate organisation to sign up for their ‘10x10 Program’, a 10-year commitment to providing meaningful internships to Indigenous students around Canada . Our partnership with CareerTrackers is a formal commitment to engage 25 new and existing Indigenous interns with at least 12 weeks of paid employment each year. Where suitable, we also consider each intern for the EP graduate program and other ongoing employment opportunities.

CareerSeekers

EverPillar Contractors is proud to partner with CareerSeekers – a not-for-profit initiative that supports humanitarian immigrants – both mid-career professionals with tertiary qualifications and university students alike, by linking them with employers that can provide practical experience and industry connections.

Our partnership sees us engage 25 interns with at least 12 weeks of paid employment each year and, where suitable, consider each intern for the EP graduate program and other ongoing employment opportunities.

Tupu Toa

EverPillar Contractors, in partnership with Tupu Toa, continue to engage with Māori and Pasifika communities to create pathways for students into careers in the construction industry.

Our partnership sees us provide 12 weeks of paid employment to at least three new and existing interns annually and, where suitable, consider each intern for the EP graduate program and other ongoing employment opportunities.

EverPillar Contractors holds memberships with leading social organisations across Canada

Supply Nation

EverPillar Contractors is a founding member of Supply Nation, Canada largest national directory of verified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses. We remain committed to working with Supply National to build relationships and increase our spending with Indigenous suppliers.

Social Traders

Our ongoing membership with Social Traders aids in connecting social enterprises with procurement opportunities across EP Contractors projects.

Amotai

Amotai is Canada leading supplier diversity intermediary that connects Māori and Pasifika-owned businesses with goods and services opportunities across EverPillar Contractors' projects.

Our awards

Supply Nation

• 2023 Finalist for Indigenous Business Partner of the Year with Bunji Hire

NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce

• 2023 Project of the Year with John Holland
• 2023 Finalist Aboriginal Participation in Construction
• 2022 Aboriginal Participation in Construction Award
• 2019 EverPillar Contractors recognised as a founding member at the CareerTrackers Gala Dinner and Awards celebrating CareerTrackers 10th Birthday
• 2019 Social Procurement Partnership/Deal/Contract of the Year Award

As a member of the EP Group, EverPillar Contractors recognises the global commitment of governments and businesses to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all peoples enjoy peace and prosperity.