Willmott Dixon: Building knowledge

This is a recording of a presentation delivered in the Willmott Dixon pavilion at UKREiiF 2025. In this presentation, our Head of Decarbonisation, Kelly Crews, outlines how decarbonisation strategies can align with broader organisational goals, focusing on resilience, energy security, and the circular economy.

She explores how this holistic approach can support net zero while delivering wider environmental, economic and community benefits.

This is a recording of a panel session held in the Willmott Dixon pavilion at UKREiiF 2025. Our panel of experts explored how multi-town regeneration can create long-term social and economic value, drawing on live examples that are currently taking place in Torbay and Dover.

The discussion highlighted the power of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), collaborative vision, community-driven design, and building momentum through early wins.

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This is a recording of a panel session held in the Willmott Dixon pavilion at UKREiiF 2025. Our panel of experts discussed key strategies and standards that can facilitate the transition to net zero, as well as examples of where it's already being done.

The conversation spanned the importance of early design decisions, data-led performance monitoring, the need for a 'common currency' to define value, and the tangible benefits to individuals and local communities.

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In this episode, we explore the role buildings, spaces and play in shaping the student experience and creating an inclusive community on campus.

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Hear from Sally and Nick about social infrastructure, the importance of the student experience and how University of Staffordshire's Student Village is designed to put sustainability, community and the needs of students at its heart.

In this episode, we explore the important role social infrastructure plays in local and regional regeneration. We are joined by three guests who are currently involved in an exciting multi-site regeneration project in Torbay:

Anne-Marie Bond, Chief Executive at Torbay Council

Chris Wheeler, Regional Head of Land and Development at Willmott Dixon

Tarah Gear, Director of Brand and Place Futures at Milligan

Our guests share their insights into regeneration, social infrastructure and how they are taking a people-centric approach to the Torbay project to create a thriving costal community.

Andy Geldard, Chief Communications Officer at Willmott Dixon hosts this insightful talk with Greig Baker and Jonathan Werran to discuss the Office for Budget Responsibility Economic and Fiscal Forecast.

Andy Geldard speaks to Senior Building Manager Warwick Roberts about the University of Exeter Sarah Turvill Multifaith Centre.

The enriching new facility aims to promote respect and diversity of all faiths and beliefs and create a sense of community and inclusion on campus and beyond.  

Upholding Passivhaus standards and providing a calm, spiritual space for people from a wide array of backgrounds, this new building keeps the environment and cultural purpose at the heart of design and delivery. Innovative tiling techniques and sustainable materials such as porotherm clay blocks ensure high building performance into the future.

As part of our Project Insights Series Andy Geldard spoke to Project Director Jason Hunt about the incredible Bristol Beacon.

Preservation of a stage that The Beatles graced. Ornamental plasterwork restored by craftsmen that worked on the Palace of Versailles. Three uncharted Elizabethan wells. A hall the size of 6.5 Olympic swimming pools and foundations strengthened by enough concrete to fill 1,280 bathtubs. £13m contribution to the local economy annually, 800+ events a year and 30,000 children able to access music technology labs. What do these things have in common? Bristol Beacon: a landmark project putting Bristol on an international stage.

This was no normal project; it tested every facet of Willmott Dixon’s delivery team. Throughout the construction, Willmott Dixon adopted a one team approach.  The collaborative relationship with our customer, supply chain partners and stakeholders enabled us to meet the challenges we faced and overcome them together. Through Covid, Brexit, skills shortages, material shortages and structural issues, the team worked tirelessly to deliver this iconic building, the largest concert venue in the Southwest of England. 

The King’s Speech on 17 July 2024 provided a clear idea of Labour’s legislative agenda with 35 bills planned. In this webinar recording, Andy Geldard, Willmott Dixon's Chief Communications Officer was joined by leading political analyst Greig Baker, Chair at Baker Kell Cumming.  They examined what the new administration means for the construction and property industry and what to look out for in Labour's first 100 days.  

As of 12 February 2024, most construction projects will need to incorporate 10% Biodiversity Net Gain into their plans.

In our latest 'Building Knowledge' podcast we share an audio recording of a deep dive into the new legislation and what it means for construction projects.