The summer financial statement – response from Wates
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today unveiled a multi-billion pound package of investment including a ‘Plan for Jobs’ to spur the UK’s recovery from the Coronavirus outbreak. Paul Chandler, Group MD, Wates Construction Group, responded on behalf of Wates Group.
Read moreWates debates the inflation conundrum
This week saw the first of our new Wates #SummerSessions take place. Friends, colleagues and industry partners joined me for a roundtable discussion on what we’re calling the ‘Inflation Conundrum’ the combination of factors currently impacting costs and delivery in the construction sector.
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Hale Works Tottenham Hale
A new build 32 storey tower of 279 apartments for shared-ownership and private sale, plus ground floor commercial units.
Read moreOperating an essential site during uncertain times
John Carlin, Regional MD Wates Construction Midlands, explores how new ways of working are helping to deliver one of the Midlands’ most challenging and important projects
Read moreDelivering personal and professional projects for the NHS
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Paul Chandler, Group Managing Director of Wates Construction, shares a personal story why the Royal London Hospital project means more to him than any other project.
Read moreRe-writing the rule book – The Royal London Hospital Project
Five weeks on from the project’s completion, Rob Clifford, National MEP Director at Wates Group, reflects on his team’s achievements delivering the 14th and 15th floors of the Royal London Hospital.
Read more38,000 books delivered across London for Children’s Book Project
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.
Read moreWorking at a safe distance – how contractors are rising to the challenge of Covid-19
Mark Tant, Managing Director of Wates Construction, describes how the business has responded to the challenge of working during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreDelivering an emergency project at the Royal London Hospital during COVID-19
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.
Read moreWates boosts the capital’s coronavirus response with expansion of Royal London Hospital
Wates is using the combined expertise of its construction division and specialist engineering business, SES Engineering Services (SES), to help boost the number of hospital beds available in London for patients with Covid-19.
Read moreWorking together to combat Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented major challenges to both our industry and our business, but it has also brought to the fore some incredible positives.
Read moreNew ways of working – our response to COVID-19
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.
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Open doors goes digital at the Royal College of Surgeons in London
In light of the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic Open Doors Week 2020 was changed from being an onsite experience to a virtual one.
Read moreBuilding an £83m skyscraper with minimal working at height
From the outset, the Anthology Hale project had a focus to eliminate the need for scaffolding or mast climbers and saving on costs whilst doing so.
Read moreWates lays foundation for children’s reading initiative
On World Book Day 2020, Wates has announced a partnership with the Childrens Book Project, installing a pilot donation point in London on the hoarding of its Borough Yards development.
Read moreWates completes 33-storey skyscraper in Birmingham city centre
Wates has officially announced the launch of one of Birminghams most significant and complex projects of the past decade, Bank Tower.
Read moreWates appointed as main contractor to build Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Wates has been confirmed as the main contractor for the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick.
Read moreAward-winning delivery in complex clinical environments
As highly technical and complex clinical environments, science facilities require a very meticulous and collaborative approach to construction.
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