Care home opens on time,
despite problems
17th November 2015

Spectus Approved Window Contractor JADE WINDOWS earned the praise of a major care home group for returning to finish a 200-window installation despite the main contractor going into administration near to the end of the work.

The Yorkshire-based fabricator went back to rescue the project, working directly for the Care UK group, to finish the last few items. This enabled the new-build Abney Court in Cheadle to be completed allowing residents to move in as planned, on time. Jade lost out financially, but the gratitude of the client should bode well for future projects as a spokesperson for Care Group UK explained:

“Nothing was too much trouble for Jade. We were very pleased with their windows and installation right from the beginning but when the problem with the main contractor arose, they were back on site and carried out all the last bits and the snagging just as we would have expected if there had been no problem.”

The anthracite on white casement windows in the Spectus Elite 70mm bevelled PVC-U system were as specified by the client but, as Jade’s Ryan Fozard said, they were able to advise on the use of special restrictors as well as the design of the oriel bays. He said they also helped to cut costs for the client by advising on more extensive use of the PVC-U system.

He added that the anthracite on white Elite is now a stock item from Spectus, because of its growing popularity, which also made the project much easier to manage.

“But also we had the support of the Spectus commercial and technical teams at every stage of the project. However experienced or professional a contractor may be, there is always a time when a little additional support may go a long way and may even in some cases be the make or break of a contract.”

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