Wates Group
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Engineering / Construction |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Headquarters | Leatherhead, Surrey |
| Revenue | £1,050 million (2014)[1] |
| £23.8 million (2014)[1] | |
| £17.2 million (2014)[1] | |
| Website | www.wates.co.uk |
The Wates Group is one of the UK’s largest family-owned construction services and development companies.
History
Established by Edward Wates in 1897, the Company expanded into speculative housebuilding and general contracting in the 1920s and 1930s.[2] During World War II it was involved in building the Mulberry harbours.[2]
Operations
The group is split into five business units: Construction, Living Space, Smartspace, Developments and Needspace?. There is also Wates Giving, a charitable foundation which has given away over £6.8m since 2008.[3] Wates works across a range of sectors including education, public sector frameworks (BSF, Ministry of Justice Home Office), affordable housing, retail fit out and refurbishment, office interiors, land development and commercial buildings. Wates runs Building Futures, an education programme for the long-term unemployed. It is accredited by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance.[4]
Major projects
Major projects include:
- RAF Keevil, completed 1941[5]
- Woolwich Civic Centre, Completed 2011[6]
- Inspire: Luton Sports Village, completed 2012[7]
- Doncaster Civic Hall, completed 2012 (CIOB Project of the Year)[8]
- Kirklees Affordable Homes PFI, completed 2014[9]
Awards
It won the Building magazine Major Contractor of the Year award in both 2009 and 2010.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 "Annual Report 2014". Wates. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- 1 2 "history". wates.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Wates Giving". Wates. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Successful Community Engagement: Building Futures". RegenWM. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ Wiltshire History
- ↑ Woolwich Civic Offices
- ↑ Graeme Kent. "Inspire:Luton Sports Village... Lutons most exciting development in 30 years". activeluton.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Silence is Golden at Doncaster Civic Centre - Accordial". accordial.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Wates Living Space is to build 466 new affordable homes under a PFI deal with Kirklees Council". Construction index. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "Wates wins 'major contractor of year' double". The Business Desk. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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