£79.7m
project value
£5m
spent with SMEs
60 weeks
project duration
The renovation provides new facilities for the Royal College of Surgeons.
The project involved upgrading the headquarters for the Royal College of Surgeons. Redevelopment of the main buildings, retaining the Grade II Listed “Barry” building and replacing all the remaining structures with a major new build extension. Complex works included the refurbishment of the building’s existing 200-year-old library, skilfully combining the old with the new by reusing existing fireplaces and wall panelling, which were refurbished offsite and replaced in new locations.
Wates have done a fantastic job redeveloping our ageing building into a bright and modern space, whilst also maintaining our much loved historical features. We are very pleased with the final outcome and can’t wait to unveil the building to the wider surgical community and the public.”
Jackie Weller
Deputy Chief Executive at the Royal College of Surgeons
Achievements
Delivered during the pandemic, the Wates team was able to continue works and make considerable time savings by using a high-level of offsite manufacturing via its offsite facility, Prism. The delivery of the plant room, for example, was installed in four successive days a programme of works that would have taken up to 16 weeks using traditional methods
Stats
We spent £5m with SMEs, helped 56 local people into employment and training initiatives, created 1,078 training weeks for local people and invested 4,151 hours by Wates staff to support them.
A further £426k was invested into training local people, while 1,230 students were supported by education activities and £10k was invested into supporting education in the area. Four apprentices and trainees also progressed on the project, moving closer to their qualifications.
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