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JUNE 2016 PRO INSTALLER
PRO BUSINESS
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LUMI ORDERS
FOLLOW FIT SHOW
Apeer was ‘absolutely delighted’ with the recent FIT
Show in Telford, displaying
its G-Award winning frameless Lumi system to the UK’s
window, door and conservatory industry.
Apeer’s marketing manager,
Linda Tomb, said: “The show had
only been open for a few minutes
before we took our first order, and
we had several customers who
had made the trip to FIT specifically to see us, including one all
the way from Cornwall and two
homeowners who’d travelled from
the south. This couple had first
seen Lumi at Grand Designs in
London last year, and had come
to FIT to sign off an order and
review some external colours.
Windows add
to hospital
restoration
As well as putting considerable time into
detailed measurement, installer D&M Windows created a series of templates for fabricator The Glazerite UK Group Limited to
work from, as D&M managing director Mark
Hoolickin explained: “It is a really beautiful
building and very well known in the area so
it was all well worth the extra effort. Glazerite were very supportive and everything
went exactly to plan without a hitch.”
Oldham-based D&M, run by Mark and
his son Darren, installed in total 90 PVCu
windows fabricated from the VEKA Matrix
“Overall, we were delighted
with how the show went, and
the reaction we had to Lumi from
both new and existing customers.
Everyone wants to get an edge
on the competition and it seems
that Lumi fits the bill. We’ve been
inundated since the show with
calls from new customers, many
of whom we didn’t get to speak
to on the day, but who took the
opportunity to take a closer look
at our products on the stand
and have since followed up with
orders.”
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Charter
could
change
payment
culture
A whole array of window
shapes including arched
and semi-circular has
been reproduced to
r etain the iconic look
of a famous Victorian
hospital in its new life
as luxury apartments.
The Royal Manchester Children’s
Hospital has been a landmark in the
Pendlebury district for nearly 140
years so the preservation of its striking appearance was essential to the
refit, but the need for such a variety
of shapes and sizes might have been
too much of a challenge for some.
‘we were delighted with
how the show went’
The Lumi system of frameless
windows and bi-folding patio and
residential doors, which features
triple glazed units bonded to
an internal GRP subframe was
launched last year – earning Apeer
the prize for ‘New Product of the
Year’ at the G-Awards in November.
Apeer also unveiled its new
easyPilot brake window locking
system at the FIT Show. Developed with hardware specialist,
Winkhaus, the easyPilot Nordic
system allows a window to be
locked into any opening position,
simply by using the window’s
handle and is exclusive to Lumi
windows in the UK.
Businesses in the construction industry can
now demonstrate their
commitment to fair payment - by signing up to
a payment charter.
70mm bevelled system by Glazerite at its
North West manufacturing unit in Bolton
with frame bending by Universal Arches.
The client was Wiggett Construction, which,
as Wiggett Homes, is now offering the
properties under the building’s new name
of Oaklands Lodge.
Owner Phil Wiggett said: “We have worked
with D&M many times and, as ever, they did
an excellent job without any problems. This
building is a landmark so it was important
to preserve its character and the new windows have helped to achieve that.”
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The Glass and Glazing
Federation (GGF) as Members of Build UK supports
the Construction Supply
Chain Payment Charter,
which clearly sets out
the existing public sector
requirement for payment
within 30 days. It also
sets out payment terms of
45 days for private sector
projects, reducing to 30
days by 2018. The charter
includes clear commitments
in respect of retentions,
‘pay less’ notices, variations
and supply chain finance
schemes.
By signing up to the charter, a company agrees to
apply the commitments in
its dealings with its supply
chain, to be monitored on
its compliance in line with
new statutory reporting requirements when they come
into force later this year,
and to consider the performance of its supply chain
when awarding contracts.
With current payment
practices holding back the
industry and affecting the
businesses of both main and
specialist contractors, fair
payment has been identified
as a priority for Build UK
and it is working to set out
what best practice looks
like. The Payment Charter is
one of a series of measures
being taken forward which
together have the potential
to fundamentally change
the payment culture within
construction.
Nigel Rees, GGF Group
Chief Executive commented:
“The charter can only help
companies build strong
long-term relationships with
their supply chain partners
and understand the importance of prompt payment to
them.”
To find out more please
visit http://www.
promptpaymentcode.org.
uk/cscpc.htm