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Wates has won a £37m deal to build two schools in London
Contractor Wates has won a £37m deal to build two schools in Brent, London. The Crest Girls’ and Boys’ Academies will consist of one building each for girls and boys and two central buildings for specialist subjects and sports. Wates will work with a design team from Capita Symonds. Wates is also in exclusive talks about the £16m Outwood Academy Adwick and the £10m De Warenne Academy, both in Doncaster.
Contractor buys response maintenance firm for undisclosed sum
Move is designed to speed up decision-making at the family-run firm
Amount of work awarded in February dropped but big wins shuffle positions of top 10 contractors
The London College of Fashion has brought its six separate sites under one roof for the first time in more than 100 years. Tom Lane reports
The grand former headquarters of the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society is being converted into a state-of-the-art life sciences laboratory. Thomas Lane reports on an unlikely reinvention
The contractor wants to bring DfMA discipline to high-rise residential projects for the same cost as traditional build.
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