Product category:
Construction companies
News Release from: Kier Building Maintenance | Subject: Kier Harlow
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 February 2007
Kier Harlow for housing and environment
services
Harlow Council join forces with facilities management, housing and construction specialists Kier Support Services to create a new limited company called Kier Harlow .
Harlow Council has joined forces with facilities management, housing and construction specialists Kier Support Services, part of the Kier Group, to create a new limited company called Kier Harlow This is a GBP170m public private partnership (PPP) contract with Harlow Council under an outsourcing arrangement
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 2 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Kier Northern refurbishes newspaper offices
Kier Northern has just started work on a £3.46m contract to remodel a 1950s four storey office building in Sheffield for Johnston Press.
MP opens first phase of EDS office development
Mark Lancaster, MP for North East Milton Keynes, unveiled a plaque at the official opening of Marriott Construction's first phase of work for client Kier Property.
The Council has retained a 19.9% share in the company and the contract term is for seven years with an option to extend for a further three years.
Kier Harlow will provide environmental services including street cleansing, landscaping and grounds maintenance, graffiti and fly-tipping removal and litter clearance.
It will also manage all of the repairs for the Council's 10,000 property housing stock.
Further reading
Building maintenance project for green innovation
A one-day event to promote the partners who have developed the green innovations at the most environmentally friendly school in Sheffield is being hosted by Kier Sheffield.
Kimpton helps harness Scottish natural resource
Europe's largest onshore windfarm has overcome local authority noise level regulations thanks to the installation of a set of acoustic enclosures from Kimpton Acoustics.
The decision to create the new company was the outcome of almost six months of negotiation.
The Council invited previously selected companies to express an interest in running the services last year.
After negotiations and tenders, the Council began final negotiations with Kier as its preferred bidder in July 2006.
Kier Harlow will lease the existing Mead Park depot and over 370 council staff, approximately half of the council's existing workforce, will transfer across to the new company on their current terms and conditions.
Joint council leader cllr Tony Durcan said: "The new partnership will give us a good opportunity to improve our services".
"There are ever increasing pressures on our budgets and increased expectations of our customers".
"We cannot continue to deliver services in the way that we have always done and expect to meet increased demand at the same cost".
Joint council leader cllr Chris Millington added: "Kier Support Services has the experience, track record and skills to transform the way that some of our services are run".
"They have already worked successfully with other councils including Sheffield and Islington and are major players in their field".
Kier Building Maintenance (South) managing director Jane Nelson said: "This contract follows our highly successful partnerships at Islington, Sheffield, Leeds and Bexley where dramatic improvements have been achieved, recognised by a series of national awards".
"We are proud of our ongoing performance and remain focused on continuous improvement".
"Kier will be looking to achieve equal success for Harlow and to demonstrate how well we embrace the ethos of working closely within the communities we serve".
The new arrangements came into effect on 1 February 2007.
• Kier Building Maintenance: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Buildingtalk email newsletter
• Buildingtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
