Stuart Jones, Principal Design Manager has been interviewed by Construction Manager about our partnership with Cardiff Council.

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.

Wates has appointed Andrew Savege as its new Head of Partnerships.

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.

Bromford has extended its repairs and improvements contract with Wates into a 12th successful year.

Wates has responded to the Government’s latest announcement of additional funding for carbon retrofitting of social housing, calling for a nationwide plan of improvement.

Wates has been reappointed by Thurrock Council to continue on the Transforming Homes Programme for a further five years.

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

We are proud to sponsor the Retrofit Challenge. The event will delve into the housing sector’s biggest priorities.

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

Wates has taken the next step in its commitment to eliminating waste and carbon from its operations by 2025 with the delivery of its first fleet of electric commercial vehicles.