People Wates’ social enterprise programme returns for fourth year As well as launching its social enterprise programme, Wates is committing to ambitious social value targets for the next two years
Digital Construction Asset-monitoring innovations make the cut on social housing framework Asset-monitoring innovations have won spots on the third generation Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED3) framework.
Video Video | Wates completes project behind Piccadilly Lights Wates has finished building a 144,000 sq ft development behind the famous Piccadilly Lights in London’s West End.
News Wates partners with charity for suicide prevention training Wates Group has partnered with a specialised charity to train almost 400 staff and people in local communities to prevent suicide among young people.
News Second staircase rule halts Wates’ Romford project Wates Residential and Havering Council have paused a regeneration project in Romford, East London, due to uncertainty about the second staircase rule.
News In pictures: the best images from July/August A selection of the best images in construction from the summer.
News Wates CEO David Allen steps down Wates CEO David Allen is stepping down from the position he has held since April 2018.
News New innovation group to harness ideas of construction’s young minds A new cross-specialism innovation group will bring together construction’s brightest young minds to come up with new ideas to tackle the sector’s biggest issues.
News Wates and Willmott Dixon among Top 50 Employers for Women Wates and Willmott Dixon have both won a place in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2022 list.
Opinion How Wates plans to attract talent with new work experience model Wates has devised a new work experience programme that it hopes will draw in a new generation of talent. Danielle Buckley and Sophie Paterson explain.
People One to watch: Lydia McGuinness, Wates Construction The section manager, Yorkshire and North East, at Wates talks about how she achieved a CIOB Rising Star accolade and the diversity of challenges working on construction projects.
News In pictures: The best images from March A selection of construction industry images from the past month.
News Wates to bring 125 more women into construction by 2025 Wates has launched a new programme to bring 125 more women into construction by 2025.
CIOB Community Net Zero and Me: Bekir Andrews, Wates Bekir Andrews, environmental sustainability director at Wates Group, explains how he is preparing for a net zero future in his professional and personal life.
News In pictures: The best images from January A selection of construction industry images from the past month.
News Wates pilots a new kind of work experience Wates has guided 39 students in London through what it claims is a new kind of work experience that offers young people a much broader opportunity to discover a career in construction.
News Wates in search for sustainable innovations Wates Residential has launched a campaign to find innovative sustainable technologies and materials to help it to build net zero homes.
News Wates to design and project manage £450m Nissan ‘gigafactory’ build Wates and Turner & Townsend have won a role to design and project manage the construction of a £450m car battery Gigafactory for Nissan and Sunderland City Council.
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