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Wates news

Catalyst picks 22 contractors for £500m housing frameworkSubscription

More than 20 contractors have been picked for a £500m construction framework to build affordable homes across London and the South-east.

Wates makes new appointment to executive boardSubscription

Wates’ managing director for construction Paul Chandler has been appointed to the group’s board.

Wates wins £150m Birmingham office jobSubscription

Wates has won a £150m contract to design and build a new office in Birmingham city centre.

Westminster win gives Wates first league triumphSubscription

The £500m renovation of Parliament’s Northern Estate gave Wates its first contractor league table triumph on record in May.

Wates and Mulalley win £45m Stevenage homes dealSubscription

Wates Living Space and Mulalley have been awarded contracts to refurbish 4,000 homes for Stevenage Borough Council.

Wates features and analysis

McAlpine slips down annual league while Wates tops May
Steady top-50 activity in May saw Wates bag its first ever monthly league top spot and Sir Robert McAlpine fall back in the annual table.
Canada Water: CN tours British Land’s £4bn mega-project
British Land is leading a £4bn transformation of Canada Water. Project mastermind Roger Madelin takes CN around a site that is catching the eye of industry heavyweights.
Contract wins plummet in March as Balfour tops table
Top-50 contract wins were down month on month and year on year in March as Balfour pipped Kier to the league summit.
Wembley Park pushes Wates to satisfy tough client
Quintain has tasked Wates with delivering hundreds of homes to high standards as a neglected corner of London is turned into a thriving community.
Gotham gives Mace victory in growing top 50 table
The contractor top 50 increased more than 20 per cent year on year in February as Mace signed a single £400m deal to claim first place in the monthly league.
Christmas freeze bites but Kier makes it two out of three
Kier topped the contractor table for the second time in three months as the festive slowdown dragged overall wins to their second lowest total of 2017.
Interested in construction? Then this is your chance
As a member of Build UK, this year Wates Group is opening up 12 of our sites from Norwich to Cardiff, Bristol to Leeds and Southampton to York as part of Open Doors 2018.
15 people to watch in 2018
Construction is an industry full of characters – these are the 15 people to keep an eye on in 2018.
Carillion's new CEO: Can he perform a rescue job?
When Andrew Davies was appointed as Wates boss four years ago, the firm’s chairman James Wates said the industry was seeing “positive signs of recovery” post-recession.
Top 50 gets a reality check in slowest month of 2017
The contractor top 50 came crashing back down to earth in September having hit unprecedented heights during the previous month thanks to HS2 wins.
Judges’ Supreme Award: Winner
Winner: Wates Group
Contractor of the Year: Winner
Winner: Wates Group
Contractor of the Year: Finalists
Working on some of the UK’s biggest and most complex projects, our finalists for Contractor of the Year have stood out from the competition in a number of ways.