With the majority of us forced to work from home during lockdown, the appetite for lengthy commutes to the workplace has drastically reduced. Our working life has been reshaped and businesses are being forced to adjust and become more adaptable to employee needs.

Terri Dale has been commended by HMRC for helping its sites to remain operational during the global pandemic, but getting to this point in her career hasn’t always been plain sailing.

Architect Siu-Pei Choi worked for an architecture practice for over 20 years before taking the leap to work on the client-side with Wates Residential in 2019.
One year in, she explains why she has no regrets.

As part of our Wates Summer Series, involving experts from across the industry, we discussed delivering zero carbon school buildings. Stephen Beechey, Group Public Sector Director, shares the key points from the workshop in the following blog.

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Syma Khatun – Supervisor at Wates Living Space – shares her motivations to pursue a career change at Wates. Read her blog…

“At Wates, the wellbeing of every single colleague is our top priority and that means we have to tackle the causes as well as the symptoms.” Paul Chandler, Executive MD, Wates Construction

Social distancing and local lockdowns won’t save the world from warming. But amid this global crisis, we have a chance to build a better future. How can offsite manufacturing support the carbon agenda, decarbonise our skylines and fight climate change?

This was the key topic at the Wates Construction Summer Series that brought together a range of experts to discuss hot topics in the industry. Andrew Barraclough, Group Design Director at Wates Construction, shares the outcome of the discussion.

The importance of talking about suicide and how companies like Wates are supporting  organisations such as the suicide prevention charity Papyrus, which aims to prevent suicide among young people.

“The way in which we have gone about overcoming the challenges presented by the current crisis has been truly market leading and our aim now is to capture all the positive aspects of the last two months to really transform the way we work.”

Paul Chandler, Group MD, Wates Construction Group, reflects on some of the key announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcements in the Government’s Summer Financial Statement

This week saw the first of our new Wates #SummerSessions take place. Friends, colleagues and industry partners joined me for a roundtable discussion on what we’re calling the ‘Inflation Conundrum’ the combination of factors currently impacting costs and delivery in the construction sector.

“No matter your role in the Armed Forces, whether you were a medic, a chef or a Lieutenant Colonel, you honed very specialist expertise in a high-pressure environment. You have skills that set you apart and those skills are more than welcome in the construction industry.”

John Carlin, Regional MD Wates Construction Midlands, explores how new ways of working are helping to deliver one of the Midlands’ most challenging and important projects

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Paul Chandler, Group Managing Director of Wates Construction, shares a personal story why the Royal London Hospital project means more to him than any other project.

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David Morgan, Managing Director, Wates Property Services calls on the housing maintenance industry to join forces in the aftermath of Covid-19.

Five weeks on from the project’s completion, Rob Clifford, National MEP Director at Wates Group, reflects on his team’s achievements delivering the 14th and 15th floors of the Royal London Hospital.

“We believe in ‘giving something back’ to those brave and exceptional military personnel who have the potential to be future industry staff. People of this calibre can only benefit our industry.”