{"id":79691,"date":"2020-07-22T08:40:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=79691"},"modified":"2020-07-22T08:40:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:40:36","slug":"wates-organisational-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/wates-organisational-changes\/79691\/","title":{"rendered":"Wates to focus on housing and offsite manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wates.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wates<\/a> has unveiled a series of organisational changes, including a major commitment to housing and an intensified focus on design and offsite manufacturing<\/h2>\n<p>Wates has revealed the organisational changes which will intensify its focus on the opportunities that lie ahead in its key sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement also incorporates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/redundancies-amid-pandemic\/76515\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revisions to its structure<\/a> along with a series of new executive appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive of Wates, David Allen, said: \u201cThe last four months have challenged all of us in new ways.\u00a0 Working together, the team here at Wates has met those challenges with great ingenuity, determination and success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur business and our strategy have been tested and have proved to be robust. We are now adjusting our structure to focus on the great opportunities that we believe lie ahead in our key sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese changes give us the best possible prospects of thriving in the current environment and once the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/covid-19-construction-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus crisis<\/a> has passed and we\u2019re confident that our future direction is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Major commitment to housing<\/h3>\n<p>Wates is making a major commitment to the growth of the Wates Residential business, establishing it as a stand-alone business and appointing Helen Bunch as its executive managing director.<\/p>\n<p>Bunch, who is moving from her current position as MD of fit-out and refurbishment division, Wates Smartspace, said: \u201cI am really delighted to be joining the award-winning Wates Residential team who are making such a positive impact on local communities, providing people with great places to live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the Wates Group\u2019s renewed commitment to invest in the business and a great market opportunity ahead of us, it\u2019s going to be an exciting time for us, our partners and our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Property services expansion<\/h3>\n<p>From 1 August, Wates Smartspace will become a division of Wates Property Services, joining Wates Living Space and Wates FM under the leadership of David Morgan, executive MD, Wates Property Services.<\/p>\n<p>The move reflects the Smartspace business strategy to have a more balanced public\/private sector portfolio and should allow it to benefit from the group\u2019s existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/public-sector-investment-housebuilding\/70466\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public sector<\/a> relationships, as well as the opportunities to share skills and create cost efficiencies.<\/p>\n<p>A new Smartspace MD will be appointed in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>Integrated construction services<\/h3>\n<p>As part of the organisational changes, Wates\u2019 construction business will intensify its focus on design and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/offsite-manufacturing\/70821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offsite manufacturing<\/a>, and strengthen its capabilities in complex sectors, such as healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Following its successful collaboration during lockdown on a project to build a new intensive care unit for the Royal London Hospital in only five weeks, SES Engineering Services, Wates Building Services and Prism \u2013 Wates\u2019 specialist offsite manufacturing facility \u2013 will be brought together under the umbrella of Wates Integrated Construction Services (WICS).<\/p>\n<p>Rob Clifford, currently MD, Wates Building Services, has been appointed Managing Director, WICS, reporting to Paul Chandler, Executive Director, Construction.<\/p>\n<p>Following the 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