During the early 1980s, the company bought a motorhome, made by Winnebago Industries, from which to conduct board meetings at regional locations and thereby keep in touch with local management.

[4] Through the early 1990s, various public sector bodies, from local authorities to housing associations, issued numerous large construction contracts to the company.

[21][22] Two years later, several suppliers to the company publicly spoke out on their dissatisfaction of Willmott Dixon's introduction of several management service fees for routine tasks such as payment processing.

[25] During October 2014, the firm lost a legal challenge over the awarding of a £177 million contract to rival company Mitie by Hammersmith and Fulham Council.

[27][28] That same year, it was announced that Willmott Dixon Partnerships changed its name to Fortem under a rebranding strategy that sought grow the company outside its core social housing market.

[32] Later that same year, the company reported a pre-tax loss before exceptional items of £5.2 million despite a record order book of £3 billion; this outcome was attributed to insolvencies in its supply chain.

[56] The financial impact of the Woolwich Central project continued to be felt in July 2024, when Willmott Dixon said costs to fix the scheme had risen from £44m to £48m.

CEO Rick Willmott said: "The aggregate provision for these legacy issues stands at a very material £62 million and we naturally expect to recover a substantial portion of this from designers, fire engineers, supply chain and insurers who, so far, have not faced up to their responsibilities or obligations across those 'in scope' projects.