Our Facilities Management Department Turns Two
We are delighted to be celebrating the second anniversary of our Facilities Management department It has been an exciting 24 months growing the division and expanding the team to meet the demands of secured projects across our three specialist sectors: High Quality Residential, Science & Higher Education, and Landmark & Heritage. Our portfolio of serviced … Continue reading
Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
Today marks the first day of Mental Health Awareness week. This vital week helps us to understand mental health, tackle stigma, and identify how mental health problems can be prevented and protect our wellbeing. This year, the focus is on anxiety, which is something everyone faces from time to time, but can become a problem … Continue reading
Walter Lilly’s Urban Nature Project Receives Perfect Score For Considerate Constructor’s Scheme
Congratulations to the Urban Nature Project team for receiving a perfect score of 45/ 45 from the Considerate Constructors Scheme! Lorraine Bourke, the CCS monitor who visited the site, said: “The site is organised and tidy and cleaning is in place to ensure a positive impression of the construction industry is seen. Communications with the … Continue reading
Walter Lilly Are 2023 Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards Finalist
We are thrilled to announce that our MRC LMS project is a finalist for the Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards in the Integration and Collaboration category. The whole team ethos: Client; design team; and supply chain, was outstanding on this project, and it is a testament to everyone involved that the collaborative attitude is being recognised … Continue reading
Many Paths, One Mission – Celebrating Women In Construction Week
Historically, construction was a tough environment for women to work in. Fortunately, the industry has changed for the better. The current national average of female employees within the construction industry is 14.7%. Walter Lilly is proud to say that we exceed this with 17% of our workforce being women. However, we are eager to see … Continue reading
Walter Lilly receives a perfect score for Considerate Constructor’s Scheme
Congratulations to our Phillimore Gardens project team who recently received the perfect score of 45 out of 45 from the Considerate Constructors Scheme! The team’s hard work has been shown clearly through the CCS report and we are incredibly proud of all those involved. It’s exceptional recognition from an organisation set up to raise the … Continue reading
The importance of Facilities Management – A Property Lawyers perspective
‘Badly maintained properties or incomplete records cause costly delays in property deals. Proactive facilities maintenance and record-keeping gives our clients the best chance of smooth transactions.’ So says Lindsay Cunningham, Senior Associate at Farrer & Co, when she joined us for a conversation about the importance of residence and facilities management for her clients. … Continue reading
Putting the spotlight on National Apprenticeship Week
This week is National Apprenticeship Week, which brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. We sat down with some of our talented apprentices to discuss the achievements and skills that they have learnt whilst carrying out … Continue reading
Walter Lilly celebrate construction completion of our flagship project
Walter Lilly has achieved practical completion on the new home for the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS), delivered on behalf of the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Imperial College London. Commencing on site in 2019 with an extensive enabling works programme, this project involved the Design and Build of a 12,000m2 state-of-the-art, nine-storey … Continue reading
Milestone celebrated at the Natural History Museum as works commence on site
A celebration marks the commencement of sustainable construction works at the Natural History Museum’s Urban Nature Project. On Tuesday 22nd November, Walter Lilly welcomed guests and staff from the Natural History Museum, members of the design team, specialist consultants and our groundwork contractor, Careys, onto site to officially celebrate the commencement of on site works. … Continue reading
Facilities Management: Why should Interior Designer’s consider it so early?
Rebecca Edmunds from Saskia Kate Interiors shares her point of view Walter Lilly’s dedicated facilities management (FM) service offering provides planned, proactive and preventative maintenance. Whilst FM is vitally important to our clients to ensure the smooth running of their homes and buildings, it is also a critical element for interior designers to consider during … Continue reading
Walter Lilly to deliver project for the Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London
Walter Lilly’s Science & Higher Education division will be returning to Imperial College London, following the recent Design & Build appointment to refurbish four floors of the Sir Alexander Fleming (SAF) building. Working within a live education campus environment, our scope of works will provide 3,000m2 of space in the SAF building to accommodate research … Continue reading