The Dust is Settling

The regeneration of Blyth town centre took a momentous step forward last week with the completion of demolition works to the former Wm Morrison Supermarkets  store. The new store has been trading since the end of January 2013 and the final clearance of the old store enables McLaren Construction to complete the remaining car park and external works. Works are due to be completed in July.

Elsewhere, demolition works are progressing apace in Elland, where a series of very complex buildings are being dismantled to make way for a Petrol Filling Station and the remainder of the development. This project is due to complete in September and will see the completion of this very complex construction project.

Royal Mail Leeds wins RICS Award

The recently completed extension to the Leeds Mail Centre in Stourton is the winner of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors ‘Pro Yorkshire’ Award in the Infrastructure category. Watson Batty and project contractor Wates Construction were presented with the Award alongside Royal Mail at the ceremony held at the end of April at the Centenary Pavilion, Elland Road.

The award recognised the joint efforts of the client, contractors and design team to deliver this challenging scheme in a busy environment whilst the operation remained live throughout the project. The common culture of zero-tolerance to Health & Safety risks resulted in over 200,000 accident free hours across the two projects over an 18 months period.

The works included a 4900m2 extension to the existing processing hall and major internal reorganisation to increase efficiency of the mail delivery services.

The scheme was also the winner of the APS  Regional Health & Safety Award last year.

Sheffield Mail Centre Construction Works Complete

Construction Works at Sheffield Mail Centre have now completed. The £7 million project has provided 3,500 m.sq of additional floor space and was undertaken by Wates Construction. The work started on site in January 2012 and had to be built in four separate phases to enable Royal Mail operations to remain live. With the building work complete the internal re-configuration of the intelligent letter sorting machines will now begin.

Kirklees wins Excellent Homes for Life Project Award

Congratulations to Wates Living Space for their award. For more information Click Here