Why partner with a roofing company to deliver BSF?

Given the scale of Building Schools for the Future (BSF), it is vital that effective working relationships are established at every level says Bauder

Local authorities, national programme partners and specialist private sector companies are all involved, bringing education and project delivery experience together.

It is proven that the best way to build an effective working relationship is through collaborative partnering where all the stakeholders benefit from achieving best practice and quality standards.

In partnering agreements at any level of the project delivery, it is considered prudent to look to the well established companies as they have the commercial longevity, capability and structure to actually deliver the partnering arrangement to bring benefits to all.

This is particularly the case when looking to partner with a company within the supply chain as they also tend to have the industry knowledge and experience that can be relied upon.

Bauder is a roofing manufacturer that is well known throughout the industry and the way in which the company does business as a supply chain partner is being taken note of by the public sector and main contractors.

The company is proving that they are not just 'all talk' and that they really are delivering not just on single contracts but also in partnering contracts.

Bauder has a partnering agreement with The London Borough of Hackney to deliver the roofing element of Decent Homes and their appointment by the LHC to provide roofing materials through their network of public sector clients is a clear message that they are able to provide the full scope of service and products that these organisations require.

Bauder are one of the few roofing manufacturers that cover all forms of flat roofing systems including bituminous, single ply, hot melt and green roofs; additionally, pitched roofs are offered through Bauder's alliance with Lafarge Roofing .

This alliance ensures that whatever the requirement, whether it's for flat or pitched roofing or even green roofs, the client is assured of the best quality products at the most competitive pricing.

Looking at how Bauder are delivering to the Decent Homes programme to the London Borough of Hackney we see that from the outset they understood the varying needs to give a very flexible approach and tailored their service offer to meet the objectives of the client.

Hackney Decent Homes required some products outside of Bauder's own range and so joint venture arrangements were made with other suppliers and baskets of rates were provided to the customer for installed roof solutions.

Bauder, in this situation, is working as a cluster group leader, partnering with Hackney, six constructers, six roofing contractors and other suppliers.

So we can see that Bauder is more than capable of delivering a partnering agreement.

A further seal of approval that Bauder can deliver modern working practices is that the LHC has recently appointed Bauder to provide the roofing materials under their EX1R arrangement.

This entails Bauder delivering a comprehensive survey and specification service with installation available by their own network approved contractors.

When considering Bauder as a supply chain partner for the roofing element, it is apparent that they bring a lot to the table.

Many of the schools under the BSF programme are looking to incorporate a green roof so that environmental and sustainable targets can be met as well as the roof actually providing an additional dimension to the building by creating a recreational area.

Bauder are also well known for their green roofs, being the first company to introduce the light weight extensive green roof systems to the UK market over 25 years ago.

This longevity of installing green roofs puts Bauder as the market leader in an industry where others are entering all the time.

The difference between Bauder and many of the other green roof suppliers is that Bauder is a single source supplier offering the range of tested and approved waterproofing as well as the landscaping components as opposed to other flat roof waterproofing companies who source their green roof systems externally from different suppliers.

So can Bauder also help to deliver BSF? Through their experience, waterproofing systems portfolio and strategic business alliances - the answer is a resounding 'yes'.

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