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February 2025
fantastic time-lapse of the project we completed for Soha Housing
We are also very pleased to be working with our longstanding client SNG formerly Sovereign Housing Association delivering 10 units under a JCT Design and Build Contract at Paradise Way, Reading.
January 2025
33 Years, ‘Mr Reliable’, Keith Williams Retires.
After 33 years with the business Keith Williams has decided to take his well earned retirement.
In 1978 Keith joined the company as an Estimator/Surveyor, he spent 6 years with the business before an opportunity came up to allow Keith to freelance as a QS/Estimator. During this time Keith still worked on projects with R J Leighfields, and he even refers to this period as “I never really left”
In August 1997 Keith returned to R J Leighfields after a chance meeting with Simon Leighfield in a local pub. Simon worked with Keith for all his 33 years with the business, and states to this day, Keith never failed to get a tender out the door, always someone I could trust and rely on. An incredible achievement and testament to the man he is.
Keith's tenure with R J Leighfields has seen him work directly with 3 generations of the Leighfield family and for the past 12-18 months he has taken a step back from chief estimating duties to spend more time at home with his wife Val and their dog.
Keith was someone who always had the welfare of the company in the forefront of his mind, and for that the Leighfield family are very grateful for his service.
Everyone at Leighfields wishes Keith a long and happy retirement.
December 2024
Over the next 12 months we will deliver 6 new classrooms, a commercial kitchen and a new hall with associated landscaping works for our client Westonbirt School & Westonbirt Prep. The build is highly sustainable with heating and hot water provided through renewable energy sources and has been designed to provide a contemporary interpretation of the historic buildings surrounding the site.
We are also very pleased to be working with our longstanding client SNG formerly Sovereign Housing Association delivering 10 units under a JCT Design and Build Contract at Paradise Way, Reading.
November 2024
November saw us handover Cullum House to our client Soha Housing. A very successful collaboration delivering 12 zero carbon units in Wheatley. Here is Soha's time lapse video of the development.
September 2024
We are pleased to announce that RJ Leighfield & Sons have secured the contract for refurbishment of the Lyndhurst Centre in Swindon for Swindon Borough Council.
The centre will provide open access youth services for all children in Swindon including, Music; Cooking; Beauty; Health & Fitness and Informal Education. The centre will also provide youth provision and activities for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
July 2024
A very busy few months on site at Cullum House in Wheatley. Take a look at some snapshots of the progress below.
June 2024
R J Leighfields have been successful in securing the contract to design and build three new homes in Ashley Close for Swindon Borough Council.
An exciting project delivering much needed homes in the town. The specialist homes will be allocated to families with complex health needs, who require a property that is fully adapted and can meet their needs both now and in the future.
April 2024
Project Completed! A fantastic project taking existing training facilities from a grade D to C. Works consisting of a new club house building with extensions to the main stand, extensions and modifications to the existing covered seating, new turnstiles and modifications to existing fencing.
January 2024
As we waved good bye to 2023 we saw the completion and handover of our site in Royal Wootton Bassett for RWB Auctions. Taking this large existing supermarket and turning it into a smart, sophisticated auction house has been a pleasure. It's a job we're incredibly proud to have sitting in our home town. All of us at Leighfields wish Max, Jon, Steve and everyone else involved all the very best in their new home.
December 2023
Excellent progress is being made on site in Wheatley for Soha Housing. The site has now really started to take shape with the foundations complete and blockwork well underway.
Excellent progress at the site in Winklebury as well for Basron Developments Ltd & Basingstoke Town Football Club with the roof cladding now complete, the scaffold dropped and the internals really taking shape.
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish our clients and contractors a very merry Christmas and a prosperous 2024.
November 2023
Some great progress being made on site in South Marston for Les Smith Haulage. The concrete pour for the main yard has commenced. A superb flagship home motoring towards completion.
October 2023
Progress is going well at the Basingstoke FC facilities. The newly installed drainage is well underway, and the final touches of the Club House structure are being finished off with the installation of the cold rolled steel. Next, we are preparing to move onto the substructure masonry. The stand enhancements have begun, both concrete pads have been poured and the South Stand amendments have started. The 6-Tier stand is in the progress of being replaced with a larger 8-Tier standing stand.
August 2023
Contract Awarded.
R J Leighfields have been successful in securing the contract to upgrade and enhance the existing training facilities for Basingstoke Football Club. Works comprise of a single storey extension to existing main stand and the construction of a new clubhouse with associated works.
July 2023
Works have been completed at our site of 10 houses in Oxford and handed over to our client Oxford City Housing.
June 2023
Contract Awarded.
Leighfields have been awarded the contract for the design and construction of a zero carbon development of 12nr dwellings in Wheatley, Oxford.
Works are also progressing well at the new flagship head office and depot for Les Smith Haulage in South Marston, with the steel frame being erected.
March 2023
Some fantastic progress being made on site in Oxford with the external render complete, interior decorations progressing nicely and kitchens being installed. A busy site with the end in sight.
February 2023
Some of the latest shots from our site in Oxford.
November 2022
Contract Awarded.
An exciting appointment for R J Leighfield & Sons Ltd working with the local business RWB Auctions. The redevelopment of a former supermarket into a modern auction house consisting of two auction rooms, a cafe/bistro with an upstairs art gallery and roof terrace.
September 2022
May 2022
We’ve begun on site the construction of 10 three-bedroom houses, including associated drainage, external works and external services.
April 2022
We’ve been appointed by Wishford Schools Group Ltd to complete refurbishment of the former care home into a 34 bed boarding house for Westonbirt School. It’s a 20 week project that involves strip out, layout changes, M&E works, redecoration and floor finishes throughout the building.
February 2022
R J Leighfield completes the renewal of our investors in people accreditation. Investing in our staff is part of our identity and crucial to our outstanding retention stats. With the help of Investors in People we able to keep providing our staff with a great environment to work
November 2021
All properties at Rowley Mews have now been handed over. these works comprised of constructing 9x 3 Bed 2.5 storey townhouses on a brownfield site using timber frame construction. For more information on this scheme click HERE
October 2021
Arnett Avenue Handed over. This project comprised the design and build of 10 houses, 3 for shared ownership and 7 for rent, 36 flats of which 20 were shared ownership and 16 for rent. The site was formerly occupied by sheltered accommodation and bungalows. for more infomation on this scheme click HERE