Wates has been appointed by the Wellcome Genome Campus to carry out Building Services maintenance and minor works to the buildings and infrastructure at the pioneering biodata and genomics research campus in Cambridge.

This is the largest building project ever undertaken on behalf of the University and will be its largest teaching and research facility.

Wates has been appointed to deliver a £1.8m expansion programme at St George’s College in Southampton.

Work has begun to create a brand-new school which will unite pupils at St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School.

Wates is expanding its service delivery in higher education having secured a new contract with the University of Leeds.

Wates will use pioneering modern methods of construction to build some of the UK’s first net zero schools, supporting the country’s ambitious climate goals.

Leading facilities management provider, Wates has been successfully reappointed by the London School of Economics to continue their successful planned and responsive maintenance partnership for a further four years.

Wates has begun work on a new £17m secondary school serving the local communities of Heywood, Middleton, Birch and Langley in Rochdale.

Wates has received a prestigious award at the 2021 National Social Value Awards winning the ‘Private Sector Leadership’ category.

Wates has completed its first project for Gateshead Council with the delivery of a £12m new school for children with special educational needs (SEN).

Wates and SCAPE has announced that last year it delivered a total Social and Local Economic Value Add of over £58m.

Wates and Perfect Circle have jointly completed £22m worth of works at the Loughborough University Science Enterprise Park.

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 Smartspace, has completed a new two-storey extension with fit-out at Worthington Primary School in Sale, Manchester.

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a ‘once in a generation investment’ in infrastructure will be crucial as the country works to recover from the biggest economic contraction in the last 300 years. Steve Beechey, Public Sector Director responded on behalf of Wates Group.

National contractor Wates Construction has completed works at Nottingham College City Hub, a landmark new campus for the College providing space for 2,000 students and 200 staff, offering local people a state-of-the-art learning experience and future employment opportunities.

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.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most collection points across London have been closed, but ours at Borough Yards has remained open and has contributed to 38,000 books being delivered to children and babies in the last month.