Our Construction business is delivering the expansion of HMP Wayland in Norfolk, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, as part of the Accelerated Houseblocks Delivery Programme.

Wates Construction South is delivering the £119 million expansion of HMP Erlestoke in Wiltshire, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice.

In partnership with Kirklees Council and Wellspring Academy Trust, a purpose-built school is being constructed, designed to meet the requirements of children SEMH.

In Surrey, a disused house owned by HMP Send but not within the wire, has been given a new purpose that goes far beyond bricks and mortar.

​​​Highlight Active Wellbeing Hub is perfectly positioned to serve the surrounding community. Situated next to the marina, this flagship project forms part of Hartlepool’s waterfront regeneration strategy.

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.

Rivertree Free School in Kempston is 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.

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.