Willmott Dixon is a privately owned contracting, residential development and property support business.

History

The company was founded in 1852, by John Willmott.It does not take much to say well done
Camden FB, 15 December 2011, retrieved 11 March 2012 In 2001, Rick Willmott became the fifth generation of the Willmott family to lead the business. In March 2013, Willmott Dixon invested £1 million in the 4Life Academy which is located in

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Operations

Willmott Dixon has several business streams including construction, residential construction and interior fit out and refurbishment.

Major projects

Major projects involving the company have included: *

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, completed in 2010. *

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, completed in 2013. * Woolwich Central, the largest ever development by Tesco's in house development business Spenhill, completed in 2014. The development was named Britain's worst new building, being awarded the ' Carbuncle Cup' for a design judges described as "oppressive, defensive, arrogant and inept". The same development was later (2022) also the subject of a potential £44m claim against its supply chain by Willmott Dixon for cladding replacement. * The refurbishment and fit out of the

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, completed in 2016. * A specialist building in

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, intended to house the

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's new supercomputer, completed in 2017. * The redevelopment of Orchard Village in South Hornchurch, completed in 2017. Since its construction, Orchard Village has been beset with problems of build quality and estate management which have been reported in the media, in particular by the ''Romford Recorder''. * The fit out of the new hospitality suite in the East Stand at

Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium () in Twickenham, south-west London, England, is a rugby union stadium owned by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), English rugby union governing body, which has its headquarters there. The England national rugby union team plays ...

, completed in 2018. * The refurbishment of

Alexandra Palace Alexandra Palace is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue in London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey. It is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm. Origi ...

, completed in 2018. The company's development division is the developer of Brentford FC's new Community Stadium at Lionel Road South in Brentford, London, due to complete in 2021. It is also working with Poplar HARCA to redevelop

Aberfeldy Village Aberfeldy Village is an urban village in a part of Poplar that was once part of Bromley in London, England, which is in the process of being redeveloped in a joint venture between Poplar HARCA and Willmott Dixon. It was known as the Aberfel ...

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, due to complete in 2024.

Awards

The company was listed as No. 4 in the East of England Region of the Mid Range businesses of ''

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Best Companies To Work For'' in July 2019. It also won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2014, 2018 and 2019.

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