Mark Tant, Managing Director of Wates Construction, describes how the business has responded to the challenge of working during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Our work has seen us fit out two floors of ICU bed stations spread over six wards within three wings, to provide essential extra capacity for the hospital to save lives during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Site and project teams across the Wates Group are working hard to ensure that site operating procedures are followed, so that we continue to prioritise the safety and wellbeing of our teams.

Clarkebond is an engineering consultancy working for Wates Residential. To date it has supported two apprentices as part of its commitment to the regeneration programme. James Rodgers was one of those successful apprentices. “My role at Clarkebond is supporting civil engineering work, which means that I assist with the design of drainage and highways, as…

Sam Allcorn was supported by Bexley Mind, who provided him with a work coordinator to support his search for an apprenticeship at Wates.

Wates director and Needspace? MD Charlie Wates reflects on how as markets we operate in, the technologies we use, the people we employ and the environment in which we work are all constantly evolving, so must we.

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At Wates, we are proud of our association with the armed forces. From supporting the D-Day landings in Normandy during WWII to building a base for the next generation of fighter jets for the RAF.

As an inclusivity champion for construction company Wates, Will Bayley discusses the real power of public leisure facilities in helping people and communities come together and break barriers through sport.

In this blog, John Dunne, Group Safety Health Environment and Quality Director at Wates, outlines why he believes the rise in reported absenteeism due to poor mental health is a positive thing.

As highly technical and complex clinical environments, science facilities require a very meticulous and collaborative approach to construction.

People are the lifeline of our industry. With industry growth must come more investment in the future workforce. Read more on why training is so vital to our industry.

Whether a commercial office development, new school or leisure facility, the schemes we build ultimately take root within the surrounding local community and have a tangible impact upon the built environment and local economy.

The matter of transferable skills is the first question that anyone will ask themselves when they change careers and I was no exception when I took the decision to leave the Army in 2004. It had been my life for 17 years and it had undoubtedly shaped me as a person.

Community and Conservation Week is an annual event providing opportunities for our people to access paid volunteering leave of up to 16 hours per year to support local projects across the country.

Listen to a 20-minute EY podcast with James Wates CBE from the Wates Group, Mala Shah-Coulon from EY and Elizabeth Bagger for Institute for Family Business, for their insights and guidance.

At Wates, the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees is central to our business ethos and success. This includes mental health as much as physical safety.

Leisure centres are proving increasingly important community hubs for towns and cities across the country.

Our projects give us the opportunity to make a positive impact on the communities in which we work, be it through engagement with local schools or volunteering our time for good causes.