Olive Primary School, Blackburn

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Through the Scape Venture framework, which focuses on supporting public/private partnerships and charitable organisations, Wates carried out feasibility works for urgently needed accommodation for 300 students at Teesside University for September 2020.

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The new school will bring together the upper and lower schools, currently in two separate sites, and accommodate 900 pupils and 285 sixth-form students.

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Vita York included the careful conversion, part demolition, and extension of the Grade II listed St Joseph’s Convent, together with the construction of 14 new buildings

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Wates Construction has completed its first project for Gateshead Council with the delivery of a £12m new school. Find out more.

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Nottingham College campus opened in January 2021, providing 2,000 student places in a state-of-the-art teaching space.

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Chiltern Academy saw the redevelopment of the former Vauxhall car manufacturers sports ground transformed into a new 1,200 8FE co-educational Secondary School.

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Loughborough University Science Enterprise Park (LUSEP) is a new build 80,000sqft of commercial office development.

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Delivered as part of a batch of schools within the Priority Schools Building Programme 2, Stowmarket is a £16.9m new-build, three-storey high school in Stowmarket, Suffolk.

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This project at Newcastle High School for Girls for the the Girls’ Day School Trust includes the refurbishment of the existing Victorian building.

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The National Horizons Centre marks the start of an era of pioneering innovation and research in UK bioscience at Teesside University.

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A new build six storey college for 800 students aged 14-19, specialising in preparing pupils for careers in digital technologies, creative and health industries.

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Wates Construction has completed a provision of two further new build interconnecting specialist engineering blocks, for this repeat client, to provide highly specialised laboratory/workshop and office accommodation for academic staff, research staff and students.

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Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School is a Muslim faith-based secondary school site for pupils aged 11-18 years, which specialises in Sports Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Big Society.

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Construction of a new build four storey, 1,700 place 6th Form College (16 -19 years) with associated external works in Bury St Edmunds on existing playing fields owned by Suffolk County Council.

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This 10,703m² new build four-storey 10 FE 1,525-capacity secondary school was constructed on playing fields adjacent to the existing school.

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A comprehensive structural upgrade, refurbishment and new build extensions to the former Marylebone Town Hall forming a new state-of-the-art campus.

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Remodelling and refurbishment of the Victorian-era Sydney Works building on a tight urban site for 600 students.

Construction of a new 10,043m² three-storey 1,359-pupil secondary school on a live site.

Construction of a new 6,704m² two-storey teaching block for 900 pupils, replacing the existing school.

Phased construction of a new 2,019m² 2 FE 420-place primary school on the existing school playing fields.

The refurbishment of an existing middle school to create a new 5,775m² 750-pupil secondary school with a science specialism.

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Wates Construction has completed a refurbishment of an old MOD facility with additional new build sixth form centre and sports hall.

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New build three storey academy, built alongside the existing school building, which was demolished upon completion of the new academy.

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A new build secondary school for 1,280 pupils including a sixth form, built within the live school site.

New build RC frame education facility, within a conservation area,providing teaching spaces, a main school hall and generous social spaces.

As a preferred partner, we have worked extensively with the University of Southampton working on the construction of five complex new build projects within the Grimshaw Architects designed Boldrewood Innovation Campus.

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The project was procured by Bournemouth Borough Council through the former Construction Framework South West (CFSW)

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The largest of three schools in the DfEs Priority School Building Programme Barking, Dagenham and Newham Batch.

New build 2,500m² two-storey extension block providing 13 additional classrooms, a large main/dining hall and ancillary accommodation over two floors.

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In order to serve the increasing demand for places at the school, Wates Construction was appointed by Northamptonshire County Council to expand the existing school footprint, with the aim of doubling the school’s size.

New build 3,350m² primary school for 630 pupils and a 39-place nursery, built on a brownfield historic landfill site and part of the Oakgrove village development.

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Construction of a 1,483m² single-storey 210-pupil primary school located on a greenfield site in the centre of a housing estate.

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New build 8,703m² all-through school, including 2 FE primary school for 420 pupils with 26-infant nursery, and 1,800-capacity secondary teaching block.

A new build 5,950m² three-storey secondary school and 6th Form for 700 pupils built on a brownfield site in a residential area of Bolton.

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Phased refurbishment and 2,427m² extension of an existing operational school into the first Jewish primary free school in the UK for 175 pupils.

A new award-winning five story state-of-the-art educational facility with dedicated University Centre delivered to a tight budget.

Bringing together two existing schools into a single co-located facility.

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New build construction and part refurbishment to some existing teaching blocks to create a new 11-18 years secondary school.

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A flagship scheme for the University of Leeds to provide a five-storey library facility, which houses a mixture of teaching and library accommodation.

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The new building forms a new main school entrance/reception, as well as providing a new main hall, activity studio, drama studio and dining facility including a new kitchen.

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Two new Muslim faith secondary schools one academy for girls and the other for boys which will cater for 1,600 pupils

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New three storey building providing 1,050 places including years 7 to 11 and 6th form with the support of circa 200 staff members.

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An all-through school catering for 1260 pupils aged 4-19 years of age with an additional 52 pupil place nursery.

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Facilities include a 25m competition pool, 8 court sports hall, squash courts, all associated wet and dry changing facilities and basement car park.

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The development forms part of the first phase of the £500m First Street regeneration project that spans 20 acres.

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Wates Construction was appointed to deliver this project, which was procured under YORBuild2 in January 2017.

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The Leeds Primaries contract comprised of a refurbishment and extension of Gledhow Primary School and the refurbishment, extension and a complete new build of a Children’s Centre at Castleton Primary School.

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New build three storey secondary school with additional SEN provision. One of a batch of schools procured under the Suffolk PSBP2.