Jonathan Wildgoose, Chairman and Great Grandson of the founder of Wildgoose Construction, is delighted with the performance of the company in the recession and the positive start to the year.
In a statement delivered at the AGM he confirmed the company's strong trading position. The factors for success include the confidence our clients have in trading with us during these unprecedented times. This confidence is supported by the company's healthy bank balance and credit rating. The Dunn and Bradstreet rating places Wildgoose in the top 15% of companies in the construction industry for its financial strength. |  |
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Wildgoose Construction have won the 'Building for Life' Awards 2009 for the £5m ECO homes development for 47 new build homes at Norfolk Park, Sheffield.
This prestigious award celebrates house builders and housing associations that demonstrate a commitment to high design standards, good place making and sustainable developments. |  |
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| The £2.0m Level Arts Centre at Rowsley, Derbyshire has won the East Midlands RIBA award for Architecture, which was presented to the team at a ceremony in London; Designed by Clash Architects of London and built by Wildgoose Construction, the project is the flagship development of The First Movement Trust. | .jpg) |
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The £2.5m Parkwood Hostel in Alfreton was built for Derbyshire County Council Social Services to provide day and hostel care for adults with learning and physical disabilities.
The 16 bed centre which was completed earlier this year and was designed by the county architects to blend in with the park surroundings is due to open in the Spring 2010. |  |
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Wildgoose Construction has handed over a new £4.5 million care home for the Care home operator, The Restful Care Group.
The 86 bed unit at Garretts Green near Birmingham is a new build extension to the existing nursing home which includes specialist equipment and resources for dementia care.
Wildgoose has also just started on site with a second project for the same c;lient at Cannock in Staffordshire |  |
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Wildgoose have successfuly completed and handed over the £4.5 million Abercrombie Primary School in Chesterfield.
The development which was completed in just 52 weeks was ready for children starting the new term in September. They will enjoy state of the art technology and facilities that have been incorporated into the design inluding an outside ampitheatre that will be used for concerts put on by the children.
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Wildgoose Construction Ltd has been involved with the OFT's enquiry into the construction industry since November 2004. Throughout this period we have given every assistance to the OFT in their investigation and this assistance is acknowledged by the OFT granting this comapny leniency in connection with the investigation.
WCL actually ceased its involvement in cover pricing in 2004 prior to the commencement of the OFT investigation. We welcolme the abolition of this endemic practice which has created a level playing field for all contractors to operate on.
The OFT restricted the investigation to our geographical area for reasons of evidence, reserves and timeframe, whilst they acknowledge the pratice wasendemic throughout the industry. Please see http//www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/business_leaflets/general/information-Note2.pdf
WCL has always operated with honesty and integrity in a very competetive market place where gross margins and profitability are low. This has always been the case in the industry particularly so with the specific contracts the OFT have identified.
Please refer any direct queries to Alan Clarke |  |
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| Wildgoose construction ltd has been chosen as construction partner, by Rotherham Metroploitan Borough Council, to construct a new £4 million Primary school in Swinton, South Yorkshire. The contract is through the strategic framework agreement and work is due to start on site later this year. further details of the new school can be found on the school's web site at www.swintonqueenprimary.org.uk |
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Wildgoose have been awarded National awards by the Considerate Constructors Organisation for Sites at Hugglescote in Leicestershire and at Ulceby in Lincolnshire.
The presentations were held at ceromonies in Manchester and London, where site managers, Keith Robinson and Stacey Humphries picked up their awards.
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Wildgoose has started the year in excellent fashion by winning contracts to the value of £12 million in locations throughout the country.
Starting on site in the new year will be a £4.5 million care home in Birmingham for te Resfull Care Group, a £4 million Central Fire Station refurbishment in Leicester, a £1.5 million accident investigation unit in Buxton for the Health and Safety Executive and a £2.2 million Hostel for Derbyshire County Council in Alfreton |  (Custom).jpg) |
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Wildgoose Construction have been successful in being awarded the £1.2 million contract to construct a new Languages Centre at Belper School.
The 10 classroom block will take 35 weeks to complete and will incorporate 8 language teachingrooms. |  (Custom).jpg) |
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Lord Putnam of Queensgate CBE officially opened the Phoenix Centre at Aldercar Community Shool in Heanor, with a ribbon cutting ceromony.
The £4.6 million centre offers AS and A2, Applied A level courses and vocational training for post 16 students.
The colege built by Wildgoose Construction was funded by the Learning Skills Council | .jpg) |
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| The Rt Hon Alan Johnson, secretary of state for health opend the new medical centre at Hugglescote, Leicestershire, together with children from the local school | .jpg) |
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| Work has started on the £1 million redevelopment of library facilities at Mowbray Gardens, Rotherham. Senior members of Rotherham Metropolitan Councils library services performed the sod turning ceromony to mark the start of the construction work that is due for completion in mid 2009 | .JPG) |
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Alan Darlington from Sheffield based architects James Totty, won an exiting shoot off with fellow architect Peter Brown, representing Birmingham based Nicol Thomas, to win 'High Gun' at the Wildgoose Clay pigeon shoot at Glossop.
Picture is Wildgoose managing director Tim Walker presenting Alan with an engraved decanter to celebrate his win. | .jpg) |
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| Local doctors, Miles Davidson and Peter Allamby help Wildgoose Managing Director, Tim Walker and Contract Manager David Jackson cut the first sod on the practices new Health care development at Stubley drive, Dronfield |  (2).jpg) |
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Wildgoose has been awarded its 13th contract with Wakefield based healthcare developers, GPI Ltd, to build a £2.5 million Health Care Centre at Knottingley, West Yorkshire.
Working with Project managers, Stace and Sheffield architects James Totty, the project is due to start on site in early August |  |
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Wildgoose Construction Ltd has been awarded the £3 million new Health Centre at Stubley, Dronfield for local practioners Dr Miles Davidson and Dr Peter Allamby.
Working with project managers Brunswick and architects James Totty, Wildgoose are due to start on site in early August with a completion in June 2009 |  (Custom).jpg) |
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School girl Jade White was today announced the out right winner of the Wildgoose Construction site safety poster competition.
The six year old was judged, by Maggie Fazzini of the Derbyshire Working Well Together Health Unit and Marrianne Rawson, the Schools Health Promotion Officer, to have best represented, in drawing format, Health SAfety on Site.
Pictured with Jade are her Parents, Headmaster Neil Oates and Wildgoose Managing Director Tim Walker, who presented Jade with a certificate and a family day out at Alton Towers | .jpg) |
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A sod cutting ceromony took place on the site for a new £5 million primary school, in Chesterfield, to replace the Victorian built Abbercrombie School.
Councilor Alan Charles, Derbyshire's Cabinet member for schools, Headmaster Neil Oates, school governors and a selection of school children took to the field to perform the ceromony which celebrates the start of the 52 week programme to completion. |  (Custom).jpg) |
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Wildgoose Construction has started a safety in the sun campaign working with pupils and staff at local schools to advise of the dangers of over exposure to the suns rays.
The company has donated almost 1000 baseball caps to pupils at 6 local schools and is running a poster competition to be displayed on site hoardings, with the eventual winner getting a family day out to Alton Towers.
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We confirm that we are one of the 112 parties to whom the OFT has addressed its Statement of Objections.
We have co-operated fully with their investigation and have internal policies and procedures, which were implemented in 2004, to ensure that the practices of which the OFT complain cannot occur. As the matter remains under investigation, it would be improper for us to comment any further.
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Building Magazine have admitted responsibility for the mistake and issued an immediate apology on its web site, which will be followed up in next weeks issue.
We would like to reassure our clients and staff that the article was entirely incorrect and unfounded and the company continues to flourish with a full order book.
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Wildgoose are due to start on site at the Kirk Hallam Community Technical College, Ilkeston early in the New Year, after securing the order from client Derbyshire County Council. The £4 million project will be completed over a 12 month construction period and will include a 6th form Centre and teaching facilities.
The client’s agent is Atkins Faithful and Gould of Nottingham and the building is of a traditional construction.
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Wildgoose Construction have secured the order for a new £3.6 million Vocational Centre at the Aldercar Community College, Heanor. The 12 month construction programme will commence in January 08 and was designed by in house architects at Derbyshire County Council
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Wildgoose are due to start on site early in the new year on a £4 million new Public Forensic Mortuary Building in Bradford for Bradford City Council. The traditionally procured contract will be completed over a 13 month period and was designed by Sheffield based architects, James Totty Associates.
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Wildgoose have started on site on a £3 million new medical centre for Wakefield based developers, Community Care Investments, part of the GPI Group. This contract is the latest of 13 similar projects completed for the same client throughout the country and was negotiated through a design and build procurement route.
The novated architects are the Sheffield based James Totty Associates and the clients agent is Summers Inman of Leicester. | |
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Work has started on the new £3.3 million Incubation Centre at Dinnington for Rotherham Borough Council. Wildgoose Construction, one of the Local Authorities Strategic Framework Partners, is due to complete the project in August 2008. The completed building will give an opportunity for fledgling businesses to lease office and commercial space and make use of the shared administrative facilities.
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Wildgoose have successfully negotiated and started on site on a £1 million new build Residential Care Home for People with Autism for the National Autistic Society in Goole. The facility will be one of a number of similar facilities throughout the country, is due for completion in August 2008
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Keys were handed over to South Yorkshire Housing Association on a development of 23 ECO homes in Heeley Rise Rotherham. The £2.7 million development has been made possible by grants from the Regional Housing Board, The Energy Savings Trust and land gifted by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.
This highly eco-friendly development will use state of the art renewable energy technologies including solar thermal collectors to provide hot water, wind turbines combined with super insulated construction, means that residents will also benefit from savings on their energy bills. | .jpg) |
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Work has started on site for a new arts centre in Rowsley, Derbyshire for clients The First Movement Trust. The £1 million project is funded through the public sector with donations from several charities and will enable the disabled and disadvantaged to take part in Arts and Cultural activities when the building opens in June 2008. The structure will house art studios and classrooms where students will give and take part in group sessions.
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Wildgoose Construction has been awarded the £2 million contract to refurbish the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital in Sheffield. This is the 2nd contract awarded to Wildgoose by the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, who are currently on site at the Hallamshire Hospital also in Sheffield, extending the Haematology Clinic and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit on a further £2 million contract.
Working in conjunction with Sheffield based architects, Race Cottam, both projects are due for completion early in 2008 | |
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Wildgoose Construction has started on site on a £2 million 5 star Boutique Hotel in Derby City Centre’s Cathedral Quarter, for client Finesse Hotels.
The 28 week contract is due to open early in the new year, will have 38 bedrooms, a brasserie to seat 150, a champagne cocktail bar, a private dining room and 4 dedicated conference rooms.
The building, which was the former police museum, was originally constructed in the early part of the last century and was designed by the architect John Somes-Story. Many of the original features of the building are being retained and refurbished, with a new first floor extension to the rear.
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