A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.

A constrained site in central London, the entire footprint taken up by the building itself, and surrounded by busy roads, schools and commercial premises, posed a tough construction challenge.

Having launched its diversity and inclusion strategy five years ago, Wates is revealing the positive impact across the business

Wates has hired a Homes England’s former director to strengthen its public sector business.

Wates believes hydrogen will be a major contributor to its carbon reduction plans after trialling a JCB generator powered by the fuel.

A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.

With costs rising for carbon-intensive construction materials, main contractors should work with their suppliers to find green solutions, says Cressida Curtis of Wates.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has appointed Wates to deliver a £300m expansion programme at HMP Highpoint in Suffolk.

Mosey joins from Laing O’Rourke, where he spent 16 years in a range of senior positions, most recently as head of procurement for Europe and previously head of health, safety and environment.

A McCoy machine operator is still alive thanks to his colleagues’ quick thinking and the availability of an on-site defibrillator at the HMP Brinsford project site.

Wates is calling out for sustainable innovations to help banks and building societies reduce their environmental impact.

A demolition contractor working for Wates claims it has reduced whole-life embodied carbon by 40% by redeveloping an existing office building instead of building a net-zero equivalent.

Wates, Aecom and Bechtel are among the companies supporting a social enterprise project to create commercial tree nurseries in UK prisons.

Wates is set to build Cardiff’s first ‘wellbeing village’ following full planning approval for the project.

Wates has finished building the first purpose-built quantum computing centre in the UK.

Trainee programme will provide apprentices with “top-tier education” to meet the industry’s evolving requirements 

Wates Group has fired a project manager after he was charged following “malicious communications” shared on social media after a man died during a Sheffield Wednesday game.

Housing association Orbit has chosen Wates to retrofit 410 of its homes over two years.