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National social value award win for Wates Group

24 FEBRUARY 2021

Wates Group has received a prestigious award at the 2021 National Social Value Awards winning the ‘Private Sector Leadership’ category.

Wates Construction delivers landmark £33m leisure centre for Windsor and Maidenhead Council

23 OCTOBER 2020

Wates Construction has completed works at Braywick Leisure Centre, a major leisure and community hub for Windsor and Maidenhead Council, via the Major Works UK framework, part of the Scape National Construction framework.

New Government hub handed over by Wates Smartspace in Edinburgh

20 AUGUST 2020

Wates Smartspace, the fit-out and refurbishment division of the Wates Group, has successfully handed over ‘Queen Elizabeth House’ the new flagship UK Government hub in Edinburgh, to HMRC following a £23m CAT B fit-out project.

Wates appointed as main contractor to build Sandwell Aquatics Centre

23 JANUARY 2020

Wates Construction has been confirmed as the main contractor for the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick.

Wates appointed to £30bn government construction framework

05 NOVEMBER 2019

Wates Group has been appointed to deliver a new major seven-year framework for public sector construction via the Crown Commercial Services £30bn framework.

Wates appointed to HMRC fit-out at Wellington Place

10 OCTOBER 2019

Wates Construction has been appointed to lead the fit-out of 7 & 8 Wellington Place on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), who will move in upon completion. The contractors construction of the multi-million pound building in Leeds new urban quarter will see HMRC and NHS Digital located in a new modern and flexible workspace in 2020.

Construction course helps transform Maidenhead man's life

16 SEPTEMBER 2019

A jobseeker in Maidenhead has turned his life around thanks to Wates Construction securing his first ever job following a free training scheme for the long-term unemployed.

Wates Construction appointed to build new sports facility for the University of Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth has announced that Wates are the main contractor for its new indoor sports facility, with construction already underway.

School children's paintings unveiled at Braywick Leisure Centre

150 children from two local primary schools visited Braywick Leisure Centre to see their own works of art unveiled at the Wates construction site.

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