Willmott Dixon has secured a £24m contract to expand Avon Valley School & Performing Arts College in Rugby, increasing capacity to 1,400 pupils and adding specialist provision for children with additional needs. Appointed by Warwickshire County Council, the contractor will deliver an extension to the existing school, including a new three-storey teaching block, additional curriculum [...]
Willmott Dixon has completed the main structural works to both swimming pools at Bransbury Park Leisure Centre in Portsmouth, marking a key milestone in construction of the new leisure and primary care hub. The two-storey facility is being delivered for Portsmouth City Council and will combine leisure, fitness and primary healthcare facilities under one roof. [...]
Willmott Dixon Developments has appointed three development managers as it expands its regional team to support a development pipeline worth more than £1bn. Emily Cockle and Tom Lowry have joined as senior development managers, while Kassim Bahsoon has been appointed as development manager. The appointments strengthen the business’s coverage across the North, South, Wales and [...]
Willmott Dixon has started work on the £40m-plus refurbishment of Princes Exchange next to Leeds City Station, with the eight-storey building set to be transformed into Grade A workspace for Network Rail and new commercial space. Procured through the SCAPE Construction Framework and delivered with rail regeneration specialist Platform4, the project will see the contractor [...]
Wates has appointed Roger Forsdyke as its new UK Operations Director, with the former Willmott Dixon executive set to oversee operations across the company’s UK business. Forsdyke will take up the role on 1 September 2026, bringing more than 15 years’ experience in senior positions across tier one construction businesses. He joins Wates from Willmott [...]
Construction is underway on the £28m first phase of the Prince’s Gate development in Oldham town centre, with Willmott Dixon appointed to deliver 75 affordable homes for developer Muse in partnership with Oldham Council. The first phase, known as Block C, will comprise 75 homes across six levels on the former Prince Street Car Park, [...]
Willmott Dixon has completed a new Forensic Services Centre in Bicester for Thames Valley Police, delivering a purpose-built laboratory and training complex that consolidates the force's forensic disciplines onto a single site. Procured through the Southern Construction Framework (SCF), the project forms part of Thames Valley Police's Forensic Improvement Programme, replacing several ageing facilities with [...]
Willmott Dixon has completed the £56 million headquarters for Hertfordshire Constabulary in Welwyn Garden City, delivering what is believed to be the UK's first police facility designed to achieve WELL Platinum certification. The 9,000 sq m, four-storey building replaces ageing accommodation dating from the 1960s and will provide a modern operational base for more than [...]
Willmott Dixon has completed the £60 million Greenheys development at Manchester Science Park, delivering a new purpose-built life sciences facility that will become the headquarters of UK Biobank. The 131,000 sq ft laboratory and workspace building was handed over to developer Bruntwood SciTech on time and on budget. Located within Manchester's Oxford Road Corridor, the [...]
Morgan Sindall Construction and Willmott Dixon have joined forces with supply chain partners to deliver a collaborative bricklaying skills programme for students at Leeds College of Building, providing practical training and live site experience to help address construction skills shortages. Delivered through the SCAPE Construction framework's Community Legacy Programme, the initiative brought together Morgan Sindall [...]
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