Wates Construction Ltd is one of a number of businesses to successfully receive Government funding through the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) programme to work with University of Plymouth.
This is the University’s first postdoctoral KTP which sees the findings of a Plymouth PhD researcher funded by Wates being taken into the commercial setting by the postdoctoral KTP. Supported by Professor Steve Goodhew from the School of Architecture, Design and Environment and Professor Shaofeng Liu from Plymouth Graduate School of Management, the project aim is to research, select and embed sustainable technologies into Wates construction projects and implement these to the benefit of both Wates and customers. Wates are a London based £800m turnover construction business that deliver low-carbon retail building.