National contractor Wates Construction has completed works at Nottingham College City Hub, a landmark new campus for the College providing space for 2,000 students and 200 staff, offering local people a state-of-the-art learning experience and future employment opportunities.

As part of our Wates Summer Series, involving experts from across the industry, we discussed delivering zero carbon school buildings. Stephen Beechey, Group Public Sector Director, shares the key points from the workshop in the following blog.

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.

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.

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

Wates entered the East Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards for its work on Poplar Farm Primary School’s building.

Ramzies Dacres has over 11 years of experience delivering across Department for Education (DfE) and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) schemes, with deep expertise in framework operations, commercial governance, and stakeholder engagement.

As Education Design Director since 2023, Nicola is involved and contributes to market mapping, business development, early customer engagement and the creation of a standard systemised approach for education project delivery, in support of our business regions.

As Education Director Gary has overall accountability for our Schools Education Sector and leads our Central Education Team. He oversees the delivery of our DfE Frameworks, ensuring compliance, highest performance levels, and timely delivery of all schemes within budget.