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News Release from: Higgins Construction | Subject: Decent Homes contract
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 October 2005
Higgins to refurbish over 250 homes in
Lewisham
Higgins Construction PLC is confirmed as the main contractor for a Decent Homes contract to refurbish over 250 properties in the London Borough of Lewisham.
Higgins Construction PLC is confirmed this week as the main contractor for a GBP3m Decent Homes contract to refurbish over 250 properties in the London Borough of Lewisham over 23 weeks Just a week after Communities Minister David Milliband admitted the Government's targets for Decent Homes would not be met by 2010, Higgins have been briefed to complete this project for the Pepys Estate before the Easter holiday next year
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Pellings of Bromley has already commenced surveys of the properties, which include both scattered street sites and low-rise blocks of flats.
Pellings is also the employers agent and M and E consultant.
The Higgins team plans to begin work involving windows, mechanical services, electrics, kitchens and bathrooms on the first properties in November, tackling between 10 and 15 homes per week.
Higgins' business director Bryan Sabin said: "When the Government admitted the Decent Homes target risked overshooting the 2010 deadline, we can immediately react by digging even deeper to help our clients overcome the enormous challenge.".
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