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Wates news

Kier tops contractor league with £605m haulSubscription

Kier has topped the monthly contract wins table for the fourth time this year thanks to several major wins.

Wates Residential appoints development directorSubscription

Wates Residential has appointed Lia Silva as development director as part of its plans to expand operations across London and the South.

Balfour Beatty aims to eliminate vibrating toolsSubscription

Balfour Beatty wants to eliminate methods that lead to workplace injuries such as hand arm vibration syndrome (HVAS), its head of health and safety has said.

Wates to build 32-storey Tottenham towerSubscription

Wates Construction has been appointed by London residential developer Anthology to build its £82m Hale Works development in Tottenham Hale.

Wates MD shuffles leadership packSubscription

Wates group managing director Paul Chandler has shuffled his construction management leaders with four promotions.

Wates features and analysis

Top 50 soars as McAlpine triumphs in October
The monthly top 50 contractors league passed the £4bn mark for only the second time this year as Sir Robert McAlpine scooped a first win in 17 months.
Wates reinvents Chelsea cinema on famous King's Road
In the prestigious west London neighbourhood Cadogan Estates is turning a 1930s icon of the famous King’s Road into a cutting-edge development.
Contract wins grow year on year to £3.1bn
Mace took a narrow victory in September’s contractor league as the combined value of wins settled down after a rocky few months.
Contracts hit 21-month low in July league table
The value of the top 50 contract wins table hit its lowest point for nearly two years in July as Kier notched up yet another league triumph.
Stability reigns over top 50 contractors in June
Activity across the top 50 contractor league once again held relatively steady in June as Multiplex claimed the summit for the first time since January last year.
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.