Through the Department for Education’s Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) framework, St John Fisher Catholic High School in Wigan has become the first school to benefit from a state-of-the-art new build featuring high-tech learning spaces.

Wates Construction is on site at HMP Welland Oaks, a new Category B prison in Leicestershire that will deliver over 1,700 much-needed prison places as part of the Government’s aim to create a total of 14,000 by 2031.

The British Library is redeveloping its 44-acre site at Boston Spa in West Yorkshire to create much-needed storage capacity for the UK national collection.

The Royal Mail Sheffield project involved the demolition of a condemned 1940s-built facility, followed by the construction of a modern delivery office.

Kineton High School has been transformed through the Department for Education’s School Rebuilding Programme, delivered via the MMC Lot 1 Framework.

The new net zero school in Nuneaton has been transformed through the Department for Education’s School Rebuilding Programme, replacing outdated facilities with a modern, inclusive environment for 1,050 pupils aged 11–16. 

At Kempston, we’re helping to create one of the UK’s largest SEND schools — a purpose-built environment designed to support 200 pupils aged 3 to 19 with specialist care and facilities tailored to their needs.

This inclusive 900-place co-educational secondary school in Bristol is being delivered in partnership with the Department for Education and Oasis Community Learning.

Ford embodies sustainable place-making by providing high-quality employment floorspace that will boost the local economy, create new local job opportunities and reduce out commuting in Arun.

Wates Strategic Space is promoting an 80 acre site which offers a prime opportunity for industrial and logistics development with approximately 1 million sq ft of space.

Chichester will help boost the local economy through the creation of new job opportunities.Wates successfully secured the site in 2023 by way of freehold purchase and a part land promotion agreement with the local landowner.

We’re currently onsite converting Grade-II listed Victoria House into 300,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art life sciences hub.

After successfully securing outline planning permission at appeal in March 2023, our Developments team completed the sale of a site in Bramley in January 2024..

Starting on-site in October 2022, work is now well underway on the first of 249 modern new homes which will transform the local area, in place of the original 1970s era pre-fabs.

In May 2022, we began a whole house retrofit contract for Nottinghamshire Council as part of their £1.5m Social Housing Decarbonisation Demonstrator Fund works

In July 2022, we began a retrofit project with Stonewater, after they took the decision to decarbonise a number of their least energy efficient homes.

We supported our partners at Bromford Housing to secure £3.5m of funding through Wave 2.1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.

In May 2023, we began a contract with Settle to carry out zero carbon retrofit improvements to 670 homes across North Hertfordshire.