Steff has been at Wates since 1995, spending his initial 18 years in a regional capacity including five years as Regional Director.

British Land and AustralianSuper celebrated the topping out of Plot A1, a sustainable mixed-use building in the heart of the 53-acre Canada Water masterplan.

We have celebrated with British Land and AustralianSuper have celebrated the topping out of Plot A1, a sustainable mixed-use building in the heart of the 53-acre Canada Water masterplan.

We’ve been appointed to convert Grade-II listed Victoria House into a 300,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art life sciences hub, with the main phase due to complete in Autumn 2024.

Construction Index has reported on Welcome Building, a net zero carbon office project we are delivering in Bristol City Centre in partnership with Candour and Tristan Capital Partners.

We’ve officially started work on Hartlepool’s new multi-million-pound leisure centre, Highlight. We are a leader in the construction of sport and leisure centres nationally and bring this expertise to the project following our appointment by Hartlepool Council.

Delivering the £100M redevelopment on the Kings Road, one of London’s most prestigious streets.

The £53m refurbishment and extension of the 129,521sq. ft. office building at 41 Lothbury sees us revisit the building, having completed the original refurbishment 18 years ago.

A new build SEN school all Through School in Kempston, Bedfordshire, for client Bedford Borough Council, which is due to open in phases from September 2024.

Manor Drive School in Peterborough accommodates pupils from Nursery age through to Secondary school, with 446 primary pupils, 900 secondary pupils, and 26 nursery places with new teaching and support areas.

In this blog, Phil Allan, MEP Project Manager, outlines how he navigated the complex electrical works at Lucent – Wates’ landmark project for Landsec – explaining the careful co-ordination and meticulous planning that went into the changeover of the Lights. 

We’ve completed work on a new seven-story mixed-use building behind the iconic Piccadilly Lights in central London, transforming a previously disused space into shops, workspaces and apartments.

In this blog, Peter Jones, Wates Senior Sustainability and Environmental Advisor, shares how, together with client Landsec, Wates has delivered a sustainable workplace with an impressive biodiversity net gain and embodied carbon reduction at the flagship building project behind the lights at Piccadilly Circus:  Lucent.

In September we were awarded a place on the second generation of the Procure Partnerships Framework (PPF), valued at £8bn.

Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Wates have been appointed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to provide up to 1,200 new prison places across the UK with a focus on safety, security and rehabilitation

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games venue, Sandwell Aquatics Centre, has officially opened its doors to the public following completion of the final legacy construction phase, transforming the facility into a state-of-the-art community leisure centre.

We’ve celebrated starting on site at a new 128-home low carbon development in Ancoats, the first project for This City, Manchester City Council’s housing development company.

We have appointed Matt Johnson as Regional Director for construction in the Midlands, to lead the region and deliver our strategic objectives.