Watkin Jones turnaround gathers pace on retrofit surge

Watkin Jones has landed £60m of new contracts as demand for student housing retrofit and fire safety work accelerates.
The residential developer and manager has signed six contracts during the second half of its financial year to date, including five through its Refresh division delivering remediation, fire safety, refurbishment and asset improvement works to existing purpose built student accommodation schemes.The jobs cover buildings of 1,750 student beds in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Newcas