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R&M Williams has been awarded a RoSPA Gold Award following an independent assessment of our health and safety performance across 2025. The RoSPA Health and Safety Awards are among the most respected in the industry, recognising organisations that demonstrate a genuine and sustained commitment to protecting the people who work for them. This year's awards carry additional significance, marking the 70th anniversary of the programme, seven decades of driving progress and raising standards across the safety community. Our Gold

Meet Ollie: Apprentice Quantity Surveyor, R&M Williams Ollie came straight from college into construction, placed with R&M Williams through Cyfle Building Skills, a Queen's Award-winning shared apprenticeship scheme that educates and supports people into careers in the construction sector. Now working on one of our flagship projects, he talks apprenticeships, learning on the job, and why surveying is more than most people expect. How did you end up in quantity surveying? "I came straight from school. I knew I

Ysgol Calon Lân Takes Over Our Croft Street Hoardings When we handed pupils from Ysgol Calon Lân their materials, we gave them a brief: make it yours. What came back was something special. Pupils from ages 3 to 19 didn't just paint boards, they told a story. Their community. Their school. The world they see around them and how they feel about it. Every year group played a part, and the result is a collection of artwork that's as

Terry spent 32 years in hospitality. Hotels, customer service, the kind of work where people skills aren't a bonus, they're everything. Then a wrist injury forced him out of his job at Greggs, and for two years, work simply wasn't an option. Construction was never part of the plan. Terry's father, grandfather, and uncle were all builders, but as he puts it, he couldn't think of anything worse than being out in the rain going up ladders. It wasn't

R&M Williams has once again demonstrated its commitment to the highest standards of site management, achieving a perfect score of 45 out of 45 in the latest Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) assessment at its ongoing refurbishment project on Croft Street, Swansea. The project, which involves the internal refurbishment of four residential blocks and two maisonettes, including kitchen and bathroom upgrades, fire remediation works and new roof coverings, is being delivered with residents remaining in occupation throughout. That context makes

R&M Williams and Valley Veterans: Growing Something That Matters This week, Freya Church and Andrew Carpanini of the R&M Williams team visited Valley Veterans in Ton Pentre, a charity we've supported for a number of years and one that's close to our hearts. Valley Veterans is a veteran-led organisation that has grown from a small PTSD support group into a thriving community of over 140 active participants. Through equine and horticultural activities, a weekly breakfast club, and a strong

R&M Williams Opens Croft Street Site to DWP Job Seekers Our Croft Street, Swansea site recently opened its doors to a group of job seekers referred by the Department for Work and Pensions, giving them a real, hands-on look at life in construction. The visit gave participants the chance to tour our site offices, meet the team, and learn about the range of roles that keep a construction project running, from surveying and project management to site operations and

R&M Williams has won the coveted Master Builder of the Year 2025 Award for the remarkable restoration of Swansea’s historic Palace Theatre, and its transformation into a modern workspace and cultural hub. The project also secured the Commercial or Public Sector Project category at the national awards. The Palace Theatre, a Grade II listed building constructed in 1888, is the oldest surviving theatre in the city. However, the empty building had fallen into such a dilapidated condition that there