Equans has secured a major partnership deal with Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life, to provide repairs and maintenance services across 420 locations. The deal also includes the management of a new ...
Read More »United Living secures £36m deal with SNG
United Living Group, the provider of infrastructure, affordable housing, property services, and telecoms, has announced that its subsidiary, United Living Property Services (ULPS), has been awarded a £36 million contract with SNG (Sovereign Network Group), a housing association that builds ...
Read More »Liberty secures place on Magenta Living framework
Property services business, Liberty, has secured a place on Magenta Livings’s Responsive Repairs and Void Property Works Framework, which will last for four years, with a total value up to £11.5 million. The contract award, will see Liberty carry out ...
Read More »Cardo lands new contract as part of Anchor’s £1.7bn repairs and planned works transformation
Housing maintenance specialist, Cardo, has secured a major new regional contract with Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life. The contract is part of Anchor’s transformative approach to repairs and planned works, with ...
Read More »Fortem targets £300m turnover by 2028
The social housing specialist, which is part of Willmott Dixon, has set ambitious growth goals for the next three years under its new ‘FOR Our Future’ strategy. Fortem intends to increase turnover from the current £205 million to £300million by ...
Read More »Spending watchdog says government building maintenance backlog is at least £49bn
Public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), has estimated that the government’s maintenance backlog is at least £49 billion. It says the government will need to consider the best way to manage its assets alongside its long-term investment plans, ...
Read More »BCIS reveals five-year maintenance, cleaning and energy costs forecast
Maintenance costs, as measured by the BCIS All-in Maintenance Cost Indices, are set to rise 15 per cent by 3Q2029, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour costs, ...
Read More »BCIS forecasts five-year rise in maintenance and cleaning costs with energy costs to fall
Maintenance costs are set to rise 16 per cent by the second quarter of 2029, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) All-in Maintenance Cost Indices. Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour costs, are ...
Read More »Wates acquires leading property services business
Wates has completed negotiations with social housing provider, ForHousing, for the acquisition of its property services business, Liberty. As a specialist in domestic property repair and maintenance, as well as heating and compliance, Liberty will continue to trade under its ...
Read More »Seasonal repairs
Scott Saunders, Technical Service Manager at Watco, discusses why a proactive approach to maintenance and repairs can help FMs create safer working environments in the winter months Keeping a well-maintained building plays a large role in creating a safer facility. ...
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