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Kentish Town Sports Centre

Historic restoration of Victorian Leisure Centre     This significant refurbishment project saw an historic 1901 Victorian building being restored to its former...

categories: refurbishment, local authority frameworks, culture and heritage, health and safety, people
tags: BREEAM, leisure centre, London, Swimming pool
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Chelsea Academy

This innovative project in the heart of Chelsea has resulted in an outstanding facility for up to 1,100 students from across the Borough.The project was designed to meet the needs of a...

categories: new build, academies, london & south east
tags: Academies, Chelsea, Footprint of site, London
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East Surrey College

Wates Construction successfully handed over the main building of East Surrey College in June 2010, allowing students to begin using their new facility for the start of the new...

categories: national delivery, new build, colleges, CR, people, london & south east
tags: building futures, client engagement, East Surrey College, education
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North Liverpool Academy, Liverpool

Flying start: The power of a good partnershipCreated to replace two comprehensive schools, this strikingly designed new academy with its spectacular three storey centerpiece provides...

categories: pre-construction, design, value engineering, new build, value creation, academies
tags: Liverpool
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Murrays' Mills, Manchester

Murrays’ Mills is the world’s earliest surviving urban steam powered cotton spinning factory, and is one of Manchester's most important 18th century building complexes'. ...

categories: refurbishment, culture and heritage, CR, people, awards, north west
tags: CIOB, Manchester, restoration
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John Moore's University, Liverpool

Learning by example: A new landmark for LiverpoolThis well-regarded new landmark building on a sensitive site offers a striking visual complement to the adjacent Metropolitan...

categories: turnkey project management, universities, north east
tags: art and design, Liverpool, LJMU, university
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Fielden College, Manchester

Manchester College's Fielden Campus was transformed by Wates from a tired and drab 1960’s 6 storey re-inforced concrete framed building to a modern, state-of-the –art College in...

categories: value engineering, refurbishment, colleges, north west
tags: College, Fielden, Manchester, refurbishment, Very Good BREEAM
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Langley Academy

Combining sustainable construction with science education....

categories: academies, southern home counties
tags: Construction, Langley Academy, Slough
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Stratford Eye

We managed out substantial risk for L&Q on the project by negotiating complex access and engineering issues, due to the physical constraints of the site. These included adjacent...

categories: new build, regeneration, london & south east
tags: BiTC, Stratford
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John Street, Plaistow, East London

Wates was asked to improve the quality of local residents’ lives by creating a 100 home development on a brownfield site in the heart of east London.The brief was to develop a safe,...

categories: new build, affordable housing, london & south east
tags: brownfield, East Thames Housing Group
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Showell Park

Showell Park is a £7.5million extra care development scheme on a former steelworks site in Wolverhampton.The development consists of 64, one and two bedroom, mixed-tenure, extra care...

categories: new build, supported living, affordable housing, midlands
tags: Accord, Wolverhampton
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People's History Museum

This project consisted of the refurbishment of the existing Grade II listed Pump House Museum, and the creation of a spectacular new build, four storey extension. The Pump House...

categories: new build, refurbishment, culture and heritage, north west
tags: Grade II-listed building, Manchester, Museum, refurbishment
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Uckfield, Sussex

An exemplar project in which Wates worked with a landowner to get consent on a highly contentious greenfield site. This 17 acre site is now being developed in partnership with Linden...

categories: sustainable communities, creative joint ventures, london & south east
tags: Greenfield, Sussex

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