Former Mabey group chief executive Juliette Stacey is set to join Willmott Dixon’s board in the New Year. Stacey, who left Mabey in 2019 after it downsized following the sale of a number of subsidiaries, was named as a new non-executive director on the contractor’s board. She is set to…
Willmott Dixon is to build a £26m headquarters, training centre and station for firefighters in Yorkshire. The contractor was appointed to deliver the facility for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Existing buildings on the site in Birkenshaw, a village between Bradford and Leeds, will be demolished to make way…
Willmott Dixon has been confirmed on a £130m council development in north London after it got the green light from planners. The Hertfordshire-headquartered firm was named preferred contractor for the scheme, which will see 294 new council houses built on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham. Alongside the homes will…
Contractors have been alerted to a £616m building and consultancy framework for NHS projects in Wales. The second-generation framework will replace an existing one that started in 2018 and is due to run out in April 2024. It will be managed by the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership – an…
The winners of the first-ever Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering awards have been revealed at a ceremony in central London. Jointly launched by Construction News and its sister title New Civil Engineer, the awards celebrate the role models and organisations empowering women in construction and engineering. A total of…
Higgins’s £75m residential project in Hayes boosted it to the peak of September’s league tables. The contractor scooped the job to demolish and rebuild the Hayes Town Centre Estate, a job which is being spearheaded by the London Borough of Hillingdon. The site will include more than 500 homes and…
Kier, ISG and Willmott Dixon are among a host of major contractors to win multiple slots on a £600m framework to develop new buildings for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs's (DEFRA) Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) science estate. The framework covers design, build, installation, commissioning and handover…
Willmott Dixon has appointed a director to drive the firm's transformative plans for growth. Roger Morton, who was named as the contractor's new director of strategic change, joins from Vistry Group, where he was group change director as the housebuilder was reconstituted following Bovis Homes’ acquisition of parts of Galliford…
Willmott Dixon has been named as the main contractor on a £43.5m green leisure centre project in Staines-upon-Thames. The tier one contractor will work with consultant Gale & Snowden and architect GT3 to meet the international Passivhaus standard for energy-efficient design and construction. Spelthorne Borough Council, which awarded the contract,…
Laing O’Rourke’s £370m job to build HS2’s Birmingham Interchange propelled it to the top of the July league table. The contract to build the last of HS2’s stations took Laing O’Rourke nearly £150m ahead of its nearest competitor, according to data gathered by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. Laing O’Rourke will…
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