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Willmott Dixon
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustryCapital works, Regeneration, Support services
Founded1852 by John Willmott[1]
HeadquartersLetchworth Garden City, United Kingdom
Key people
Rick Willmott, Chief Executive Officer
£998,946,000(2009)[2]
£17,155,000(2009)[2]
Number of employees
2,600[3]
SubsidiariesNumerous
Websitewww.willmottdixon.co.uk

Willmott Dixon Group is the UK’s third largest privately-owned capital works, regeneration and support services companies, according to the 2010 Sunday Times Top Track 100 list of private companies. In the same list, the company recorded the best revenue growth for the past year after it saw a 69 per cent jump in sales from £592 million to £999 million in 2009.

The company is also committed to sustainable development, with Jonathon Porritt a non-executive director and a target to be a carbon neutral business that sends no waste to landfill by 2012. It came 6th in the 2010 Sunday Times Best Green Companies list and also won Building magazine’s WRAP award for sustainable construction.

The CEO of its Capital Works division, John Frankiewicz, is a board member of the UK Green Building Council, which campaigns for a low carbon built environment [4]

Type of work

In capital works, Willmott Dixon works with national and local government, plus private sector clients, delivering capital projects in education, justice, retail, commercial development, health and social housing.

In regeneration, Willmott Dixon develops mixed-tenure projects, often in joint venture with developers, local authorities and RSLs.

In support services, Willmott Dixon delivers a range of planned, preventative and responsive care to property, which includes maintaining 110,000 homes across the UK and providing services to a number of commercial brands.

Recently, Willmott Dixon has campaigned to raise awareness of key issues like avoiding procurement waste, using whole life costs, the transition to a low carbon economy and clients making the most of a reduced capital spend.

Position papers

History

Founded in 1852 by John Willmott, Willmott Dixon has grown to become one of the country's most recognisable brands for the built environment.

Group Chief Executive Rick Willmott is the fifth generation of the Willmott family to lead the business.

Operations

Willmott Dixon has three business streams:

  • Capital Works
  • Regeneration
  • Support Services

Major projects

Projects involving Willmott Dixon include:

  • Denham Garden Village
  • Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
  • Epsom Downs Race Course
  • City Academy, Hackney
  • Wolverton Park regeneration
  • Digital Media Centre in Leicester
  • Enlarging HMP Nottingham

Willmott Dixon case studies

Awards in 2010

  • 6th in the 2010 Sunday Times Best Green Companies list
  • 56th in the 2010 Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to Work For
  • Inside Housing's Sustainable Housing Awards
 WINNER: Sustainable Social Housing Contractor of the Year
  • Construction Manager of the Year
 GOLD MEDAL: Mark Thornhill: Housing above £12m category for Denham Garden Village  
 GOLD MEDAL: Lee Bushell: New build up to £4m category for Kendrick Girls School sixth form college 
 GOLD MEDAL: Andy Miles: New build £4-6m category for Rogiet Primary School in Wales
  • Ealing Civic Building Awards 2010
 WINNER:     John Perryn Primary School  
 2nd PLACE:  Jubilee Gardens Health Centre  
 3rd PLACE:  Northolt Leisure Centre
  • Building Sustainability awards
 Sustainability Leader of the year - David Adams, Willmott Dixon’s head of retrofit
  • East Midlands Centre for Constructing the Built Environment awards
 WINNER:               Skills and Training 
 Highly commended:     Project of the year for HMP Nottingham 
 Highly Commended: 	Environmental Sustainability
  • British Council for School Environments awards
 WINNER: 	School contractor of the year 
 WINNER:  	Inspiring design award for Forest Way School 
 WINNER:   	Inspiring design award for City Academy, Hackney
  • London Constructing Excellence
 WINNER:  	City Academy Hackney for Collaborative Working
  • Sustainability West Midlands
 George Martin named as one of the Top 50 Green Leaders in the Midlands
  • Housing Design Awards
 Project Winner: The Triangle development, Swindon
  • Business in the Community
 Silver award
  • Building Magazine Awards
 WINNER:  	WRAP Award for Sustainable Construction
  • Women in Construction Awards
 WINNER:  	Leila Williams for Best New Starter of the year over 25 
 WINNER:  	Sharon Ayles for Breakthrough in Culture [5]

References

  1. ^ [http://www.willmottdixongroup.co.uk/assets/w/i/willmott-dixon-history.pdf
  2. ^ a b Willmott Dixon (13 December 2010). "results for the year to 31 December 2009". Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Willmott Dixon. "Willmott Dixon". Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  5. ^ Willmott Dixon. "Willmott Dixon Awards". Retrieved 2010-12-13.
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