Wates has been reappointed by Network Homes to continue the maintenance of the housing association’s 14,000 properties.

The Leader of Wandsworth Council, Cllr Ravi Govindia and the senior team at Wates including Tim Wates and David Allen – donned their hard hats to celebrate the start of work on 41 new homes on Kersfield Road, East Putney.

The new pocket park is a result of a grass roots project involving Gascoigne Residents’ Forum, Be First, engagement specialist Urban Symbiotics, landscape architects Fabrik, and construction firm Wates.

Havering’s first community hub, in Harold Hill, will be opening for residents on 8 June. This is thanks to a team of volunteers from Wates who have turned the site around at the old Housing Office in Chippenham Road.

71 new homes are nearing completion at Sphere Walk, Shuttleworth Road, and to celebrate progress Tim Wates and David Allen were joined by Wandsworth Councillors Govindia and Caddy to see the building topping out.

Wates has launched a set of ‘Top Trumps’ style playing cards to help explain the wide variety of roles available in construction and to encourage more young people into the industry.

Wates has been appointed by property management experts, Lee Baron to provide mechanical and engineering (M&E) services and maintenance at an exclusive riverside residential development on the Greenwich Peninsula.

Wates has completed A £179.4m new build two stage D&B scheme with 633 residential apartments and 3,224m2 of retail and more.

Havering Council’s Deputy Leader has paid a visit to the Napier and New Plymouth House development to check progress – six months after construction began.

Wates has been appointed by Be First to build 386 much-needed high-quality homes in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

Wates has been appointed by Notting Hill Genesis to build the first 209 homes and improved outdoor spaces of the next phase of the Grahame Park regeneration.

Wates has been appointed by The London Borough of Hounslow to deliver 61 much needed high-quality new homes.

The construction phase on the first site of one of the biggest regeneration projects in London has begun.

Wates has provided 21 high-spec laptops for residents of Clarion Housing Group in London.

Project 2020 saw the redevelopment of three existing buildings to create headquarters for Anglo American plc and the De Beers Group.

Wates has have been named on four key lots of Camden Council’s four year £620m Property Works Framework. The framework, which runs until 2024, and will cover thousands of properties across the borough as well as sites in neighbouring Islington.

Primary school pupils in Harrow are among the first to receive a unique new children’s book designed to inspire them to work in the construction industry.

Wates is continuing to grow its presence in London with an appointment to carry out fire safety works on behalf of Barnet Homes.