Starting on 14th November 2005, A1 Housing will be working in partnership with 2 main contractors to deliver home improvements to A1 tenants. This will start with adaptation works for tenants with disabilities. The main capital works will commence in 2006, with Connaught and Bullock Construction.
Connaught is a leading provider of housing maintenance and estate management services to social landlords throughout the UK. Their specialist solutions combined with experience and expertise ensure they deliver a quality service to both A1 Housing and our residents.
Operating for over 25 years and with a annual turnover in excess of £250Million, Connaught have a wealth of experience in working in partnership to deliver true best value solutions.
Connaught's Social Housing Partnership portfolio has grown to excess of 30 arrangements UK wide, 8 of those being other ALMO organisations within the Northern Region alone. Their key objectives for all partnerships are to ensure resident respect and involvement with a pioneering approach to undertake modernisation schemes whilst residents remain safe, secure and comfortable in their homes.
Connaughts will be based at the main A1 offices at Carlton Forest,Hundred Acre Lane, Worksop and can be contacted via the A1 Housing call centre.
Bullock was founded in 1955 and is now a leader in the social housing regeneration market. They operate from four regions covering the East Midlands, West Midlands, the North West and the North East. Currently Bullock is involved in 24 other “decent homes” partnering contracts for Local Authorities & ALMOs.
They are one of the three constructor partners for Ashfield Homes who in October this year became the first ALMO to complete their programme. They are also working for other ALMOs including Newark & Sherwood Homes, Nottingham City Homes, Wigan & Leigh Housing, Leeds West Homes, Leeds South Homes, Leeds South-East Homes and Cheltenham Borough Homes.
Bullock are totally committed to establishing a local project delivery team for this programme, which will improve tenants’ homes in villages to the east of the A1. They will set up a central warehouse and administration facility in Unit 11/12, Canalside Workshops, Leverton Road, Retford and this will be supported by locally based site offices where tenants will be able to meet their Tenant Liaison Officers who will be their main point of contact throughout the project.