Southern Construction Framework (SCF), a leading construction procurement framework delivered by the public sector for the public sector, has risen to the challenge of preparing for life on Mars.

After undergoing extensive roof and structural restoration assisted by a scaffolding structure weighing more than eight blue whales, the team behind the transformation of Derby’s iconic Market Hall has revealed that the first phase of work has now completed.

Construction is underway by Wates on the new Star Salford Academy, off Longshaw Drive in Little Hulton.

Construction is underway by Wates on the new Star Salford Academy, off Longshaw Drive in Little Hulton.

Wates Construction will deliver 93 apartments with the ambition of setting new standards for sustainability and the creation of social value in the integrated retirement community sector. The enabling and basement works are scheduled to commence later this month, with the main work commencing in November 2023 for 86 weeks.

Wates will deliver BIOS, a high-quality, state-of-the-art new facility at Middlesbrough campus at Teesside University.

Wates today announces the appointment of Dave Saville as Regional Managing Director (RMD) for the North, as the business continues to grow across the region in support of the Government’s levelling up agenda.

Wates has started works today on Coundon Court School in Coventry, with Hartshill Academy and Kineton High School.

Colleagues from a Birmingham-based construction company have put their best feet forward after taking on a 40-mile walk and raising over £10,000 for Birmingham Women’s Hospital Charity.

In moving from The Royals in Wythenshawe to Think Park in Trafford Park, Wates has shown its commitment to sustainability.

Wates and Kier have been awarded contracts to lead an alliance of hundreds of small businesses in constructing new houseblocks at six prisons capable of accommodating more than 2,600 offenders.

Wates has begun the construction of the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC). The purpose-built facility will be a landmark building that will distinguish the NQCC as a world-leading scientific research institution.

Paul Chandler, Executive Managing Director at Wates Construction Group, at the opening of the new Queen Elizabeth Unit at the Royal London Hospital alongside Her Majesty the Queen.

Wates Group, has been named as a supplier on the new Construction Works and Associated Services 2/ProCure23 framework launched in partnership with Crown Commercial Service (CCS) and NHS England and NHS Improvement.

The £27 million Sands Centre redevelopment has reached another significant milestone and is set to be completed in late autumn this year.

Students have buried a time capsule on the City Way site of the St. John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School new build

Teesside University, nominated by Wates has won Client of the Year at the national Constructing Excellence awards (2021) for its outstanding collaborative work on the Cornell Quarter student residential accommodation.

The Procure Partnerships Framework pushes the boundaries of how procurement can support public sector bodies to deliver their strategic targets.