[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":173},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-about-us":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"content":7,"meta_title":166,"meta_description":167,"published":37,"published_at":168,"updated_at":169,"is_home":170,"parent_id":171,"meta":172},"60c03b84-d5cd-4b44-a6b0-9c79543266e8","about-us","About us",{"meta":8,"blocks":10},{"ogImage":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fsktegczfmabucrnpgrvp.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fmedia\u002F39a2e898-428f-4239-9cc7-a16b62043e77\u002Fdirectors-pickup.webp",[11,21,33,38,61,77,87,92,128,157],{"id":12,"data":13,"type":20},"about-hero",{"lead":14,"crumb":6,"image":9,"title":15,"kicker":6,"variant":16,"imageAlt":17,"imageWidth":18,"imageHeight":19},"M.B. Roche & Sons Ltd is a family-run civil engineering and groundworks contractor in Hessle. Malcolm Roche founded the business, and his sons Matthew and Daniel lead it today.","Positively impacting our community since 1977","page","Two Roche directors standing beside a branded Roche pickup on site",2000,1333,"hero",{"id":22,"data":23,"type":32},"7241eeef-b339-4fab-b522-27d70013663c",{"html":24,"aside":25},"\u003Ch2>Our story\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>M.B. Roche & Sons Ltd has served Hull and the Humber since 1977. Founded by Malcolm Roche and now led by his sons Matthew and Daniel, we remain rooted in the same values that shaped the business from day one: honesty, quality and a commitment to the region we call home.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Over the years, our reputation has been built on good work, fair pricing and looking after the best interests of our clients. We deliver groundworks and minor civils, but our purpose goes deeper. We exist to positively impact our local community.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"lines":26,"title":31},[27,28,29,30],"Founded in 1977 by Malcolm Roche","Run today by Matthew and Daniel Roche","A director on every job, start to finish","Based at 28 The Weir, Hessle","At a glance","prose",{"id":34,"data":35,"type":32},"cee1917a-aef9-40d6-8877-95dd31a78230",{"html":36,"hidePhone":37},"\u003Ch2>Why a swan?\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>When Malcolm set up the family business back in 1977, he chose the swan as our logo. Dan didn't find out the reason until he was in his twenties.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cp>“Calm and serene on the surface, paddling like mad underneath.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>",true,{"id":39,"data":40,"type":60},"8845a246-2687-43c4-b8d7-5fc29ca4994e",{"items":41,"title":57,"vision":58,"mission":59},[42,45,48,51,54],{"name":43,"text":44},"Quality","Delivering high standards, top quality and excellent results in all our projects. Being right first time, on time and to budget. Continually improving our construction practices and training our staff.",{"name":46,"text":47},"Safety","Believing that safety starts and ends with each Roche employee. Following policies and procedures, and speaking up if safety is compromised. Continually building employee health and wellbeing into our approach to safety.",{"name":49,"text":50},"Local","Hull is where our heart is. Taking pride in giving back to the local community and economy by championing the 'Hull Pound'.",{"name":52,"text":53},"People focused","Developing local people by employing and training them, and reducing the skills gap in construction. Keeping a workplace that is respectful, supportive, fun yet challenging, and where success is celebrated.",{"name":55,"text":56},"Trustworthy","Being known as reputable, honest, reliable and an easy to deal with, approachable team. Small enough to listen, big enough to deliver.","Our mission, vision and values","Repeat business cemented by delivering exceptional client satisfaction through consistently high quality projects, using well-trained local people.","The minor civils contractor of choice in Hull and the Humber.","values",{"id":62,"data":63,"type":76},"about-split",{"image":64,"title":65,"points":66,"reverse":37,"imageAlt":70,"imageWidth":71,"paragraphs":72,"imageHeight":75},"https:\u002F\u002Fsktegczfmabucrnpgrvp.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fmedia\u002F39a2e898-428f-4239-9cc7-a16b62043e77\u002Fteam-site-crew.webp","A responsible local employer",[67,68,69],"Every manager and operative lives locally","All directly employed by Roche","100% CSCS-registered workforce since 2010","Six members of the Roche team in hi-vis lined up between two branded pickups",2400,[73,74],"As a company rooted firmly in Hull and East Yorkshire, all of our management and operatives live locally and are directly employed. That connection to the region isn't just good practice. It is central to who we are.","We are passionate about supporting local talent and narrowing the skills gap in construction. That became even more important through the Covid-19 pandemic, which deepened unemployment and limited opportunities for young people. By investing in training at all levels, we help people build lasting careers while strengthening the business itself.",1600,"feature_split",{"id":78,"data":79,"type":32},"1ece3a2d-0046-4bad-97f2-8420cd77eeb4",{"html":80,"aside":81,"hidePhone":37},"\u003Ch2>A trailblazer for social value in construction\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>We aspire to be more than a contractor. We aim to be a model for how the construction sector can lift local communities, by engaging with low-income and disadvantaged groups and showing them the varied and rewarding careers on offer in civil engineering.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That work, from apprenticeships to helping veterans into the industry, is what \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fabout-us\u002F#awards\">The King's Award for Enterprise in Promoting Opportunity\u003C\u002Fa> recognised in 2026.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"lines":82,"title":86},[83,84,85],"It's how we work","It's how we win work","It's how we create lasting community impact","Social value isn't a buzzword",{"id":88,"data":89,"type":91},"about-proof",{"title":90,"useSiteAccreditations":37},"Accreditations and memberships","proof",{"id":93,"data":94,"type":127},"48debedb-54eb-480b-bc40-a5baf102533e",{"intro":95,"items":96,"title":120,"variant":121,"featured":122},"Seven awards since 2015, most of them for how we train and look after our people.",[97,101,105,108,111,115],{"body":98,"name":99,"year":100},"Hull City Council","Partner of the Year for Promoting Enterprise","2025",{"body":102,"name":103,"year":104},"Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)","Going the Extra Mile Award","2023",{"body":106,"name":107,"year":104},"University of Hull","Innovate Awards: Talent",{"body":102,"name":109,"year":110},"National Inspiring Change Award","2021",{"body":112,"name":113,"year":114},"Constructing Excellence","National People Development Award","2020",{"body":116,"href":117,"name":118,"year":119},"Constructing Excellence Yorkshire & Humber","\u002Flatest-news\u002Froche-wins-construction-award","SME of the Year","2015","Awards","list",{"name":123,"text":124,"year":125,"category":126},"The King's Award for Enterprise","The King's Awards for Enterprise are the UK's most prestigious business awards. Promoting Opportunity recognises firms that open up careers to people who might otherwise miss out. For us that means recruiting locally, training apprentices, and bringing veterans and people facing barriers to work into civil engineering.","2026","Promoting Opportunity","awards",{"id":129,"data":130,"type":156},"about-timeline",{"intro":131,"items":132,"title":155},"Taken from our own news archive.",[133,137,141,145,149,151],{"text":134,"year":135,"title":136},"We registered 100% of our workforce under the Construction Skills Certification Scheme and were shortlisted in the Yorkshire and Humber Construction Best Practice Awards.","2010","Whole workforce CSCS-registered",{"text":138,"year":139,"title":140},"Placed on the four-year YORcivil Contractors Framework for the North and East areas. Wakefield Council appointed us to reinstate more than 250 stolen gully lids. We signed the Halving Waste to Landfill commitment.","2011","YORcivil framework and the Wakefield gullies",{"text":142,"year":143,"title":144},"First place for Best Site Safety Performance at the Hull Building Safety Group awards, and our first YORcivil contract: property-level flood protection at Bilton.","2012","Best Site Safety Performance",{"text":146,"year":147,"title":148},"Signed up to the BIM Champion programme and pledged to improve workforce health and wellbeing. Shortlisted at the CITB Pride of Construction Awards.","2014","BIM and workforce wellbeing",{"text":150,"year":119,"title":118},"Winners of SME of the Year at the Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber Awards.",{"text":152,"year":153,"title":154},"Accepted onto the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK growth programme, delivered with Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.","2017","Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses","Milestones","timeline",{"id":158,"data":159,"type":165},"about-cta",{"body":160,"title":161,"primary":162},"We're always glad to hear from councils, developers and contractors with work coming up.","Want to work with us?",{"href":163,"label":164},"\u002Fcontact-us","Send an enquiry","cta","About M.B. Roche & Sons | Family Civil Engineers Since 1977","Family-run civil engineering and groundworks contractor serving Hull and the Humber since 1977. 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