Willmott Dixon

Wates topped the October contracts league thanks to a big job for the University of Oxford, while the total value of contract wins dropped by £780m. The contractor was confirmed on the £202m Life and Mind Building (pictured), according to construction intelligence provider Glenigan. The research and teaching facility, housing…

A Willmott Dixon site office in Eastleigh, Hampshire, caught fire yesterday (Monday 26 October) evening. The first floor of the two-storey, 16-cabin building run by the contractor was completely ablaze according to firefighters when they arrived at the scene off Bournemouth Road in Chandler’s Ford. The contractor is working on…

Willmott Dixon plans to deliver new-build and refurbishment projects with net-zero carbon by 2030 as part of its ‘Now or Never’ strategy. The tier one is also aiming to only use suppliers that are operating at a level of net-zero carbon by 2040. Under the ‘Now or Never’ strategy, the…

Royal Bam topped July’s contract wins league table after two road jobs put it in pole position. The Dutch-owned contracting business signed the contract for the £200m M54 to M6 Toll Link Road project and a £312m M40-M42 interchange with joint venture partner Morgan Sindall. Both jobs were landed by…

Costain and Willmott Dixon have been recognised for their efforts to promote gender equality with both appearing in the annual Times Top 50 Employers for Women list. The 2020 list, published by The Times in partnership with corporate responsibility charity Business in the Community (BITC), names the 50 best employers…

Sir Robert McAlpine and Multiplex are the latest contractors to rule out claiming through the Jobs Retention Bonus scheme. Under the programme, firms are entitled to £1,000 for each employee brought back from furlough who remain in the firm’s employment until the end of January. The industry as a whole…

Wates took top spot in June’s league table for contract wins. The contractor secured £194.6m worth of work across eight projects during the month. Its largest was a £100m contract with Essential Living to deliver 184 flats in Swiss Cottage, north London. The job helped to put it well ahead…

Willmott Dixon expects revenue to be down by up to 20 per cent this year and is to cut around 5 per cent of its staff. In an update to employees, the contractor said it was taking action to “ensure continued resilience against the pandemic”. It revealed that the expected…

Kier secured top place in May’s contract awards league table thanks to a large healthcare project. A deal to build a new four-storey facility for a Birmingham hospital contributed £97.1m to its £260.1m haul of contracts for April, according to construction intelligence provider Glenigan. The quarter-of-a-billion pounds worth of work…

Willmott Dixon has made a £6.2m provision for “potential cladding-related works” as a result of revised building safety regulations in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, according to accounts filed by the contractor’s parent company on 5 June. The sum set aside represents the firm’s best guess at its financial exposure…