About us
RJT Pennant Ltd, W J Harte Construction Ltd and RJT Excavations Ltd., are all wholly owned subsidiaries of the Harte Group of companies.
W J Harte Construction Ltd. has traded as civil engineering contractors since 1974 carrying out general civil engineering projects for public and private clients.
In May 2003 W J Harte Construction Ltd acquired Pennant Plant and Pennant Civil Engineering from the Miller Group, and in October 2007 the Harte Group acquired RJT Excavations Ltd a family owned company.
Pennant Plant and Pennant Civil Engineering have traded as divisions of W J Harte Construction Ltd since acquisition to 2009. RJT Excavations Ltd has continued to trade as a fellow subsidiary company since its acquisition to the present time.
The Group decided to rationalise the various contracting functions within the group, and as a result of this reorganisation, RJT Pennant Ltd. was formed on the 1st of June 2009 by the transfer of all of the business, including staff and operatives, of Pennant Civil Engineering (a trading division of W J Harte Construction Ltd.) and the civil engineering activities, including staff and operatives of RJT Excavations Ltd.
RJT Pennant Ltd., carry out public and private sector civil engineering works including, social housing, waste and clean water related works, motorway maintenance, rail related civil engineering works and marine works.
Core Values and Objectives
RJT Pennant Ltd’s core values and objectives are;
- Safety: safety of our workforce and other people affected by our operations is our prime consideration and a zero tolerance of accidents is instilled in our employees.
- Quality: delivering our product to the highest quality first time.
- Environment: awareness of the effect of our operations on the environment and to seek to reduce this impact including our carbon footprint.
- Training: ensure our employees are appropriately trained to the highest level to develop their skills, abilities and awareness of the contractual and legal requirements of the work we do.
- Client Focus: have a customer focussed culture and recognise and develop client relationships as the foundation of the business.
- Technology: use the most efficient systems and most up to date equipment available.
- Commercial: fair reward for hard work, commitment and delivery.
- Integrity: grow the business with openness and honesty.
- CSR: develop an awareness of the impact of our business on society and to behave in a responsible manner.
Company Systems
RJT Pennant Ltd., have well established procedures that are accredited to ensure we manage our work activities to nationally recognised standards;
- Quality Management System, including Health and Safety complaint with ISO 9001:2008, UKAS accredited.
- Environmental Management System compliant with ISO 14001:2004. UKAS accredited.
Each of our site managers has passed the 5 day CITB Safety Course and are trained to SVQ level 4 or higher. All our managers and operatives have attained the relevant CSCS and CPCS skills cards for the tasks they perform.
Our Health, Safety and Training Officer is employed by the Group and we have access to the CITB accredited training centre operated by our sister company RJT Excavations Ltd., enabling us to react quickly and efficiently to the changing requirements and needs of our industry.

Jim Houstoun
Chairman
T: 01698 854033
E: jhoustoun@wjharte.co.uk
Bothwell office: 1 Hamilton Road, Bothwell, G71 8AT

Brian White
Managing Director
T: 01506 448811
E: bwhite@rjtpennant.co.uk
Livingston office: 2 Oakbank Park Place, Oakbank, Livingston, EH53 0TN

Alan Carr
Director
T: 01506 448811
E: acarr@wjharte.co.uk
Livingston office: 2 Oakbank Park Place, Oakbank, Livingston, EH53 0TN

Graham Shankland
Financial Director
T: 01698 854033
E: gshankland@wjharte.co.uk
Bothwell office: 1 Hamilton Road, Bothwell, G71 8AT

Donald MacKay
Health, Safety and Training Officer
T: 01835 862367
E: dmackay@wjharte.co.uk
Jedburgh office: Oxnam Road Industrial Estate, Jedburgh, TD8 6LS
