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News Release from: VEKA | Subject: VEKA fabricator refurbishment project
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 June 2007
Fourth VEKA fabricator joins
refurbishment project
Fourth VEKA fabricator has joined the huge refurbishment project for the London Borough of Hackney.
A fourth VEKA fabricator has joined the huge refurbishment project for the London Borough of Hackney, the project awarded to VEKA two years ago following a fierce competitive battle between the leading systems houses Manchester based Paramount Systems joins long established VEKA fabricators Sovereign Group, Piper Windows and Ashford Windows to supplement their efforts as the seven year project moves into its next phase
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 13 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Within a budget of GBP300 million almost 50,000 windows per year are being replaced in 64,000 Hackney properties under the Decent Homes Scheme, within which bathrooms, kitchens, insulation and heating systems are being brought up to date in addition to the completion of general repairs.
Paramount site personnel will undergo special surveying and installation training before joining the project.
VEKA was awarded the contract and appointed as a main sub contractor in a ground breaking arrangement that contrasts with the usual approach of the systems supplier simply supporting the bids of its fabricator customers and in due course supplying profile.
Within this arrangement VEKA has also supplemented the management team for the Hackney project with the appointment of a Project Manager to supervise and coordinate its fabricator/installer partners, in addition to providing liaison with the client and main contractor and overseeing all stages from planning to handover.
This brings the VEKA team to seven based on site and at VEKA's Burnley headquarters.
The VEKA Big Rig mobile exhibition vehicle is also utilised regularly to provide displays and consultation facilities for Hackney residents as the project moves throughout the Borough.
Gary Hopkins, Team Leader of Client Technical Consultancy Services for Hackney Homes , believes that significant steps forward have been made through the appointment of VEKA as a contractor: ".
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