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HORBURY SECURES FIRE SAFETY UPGRADE FOR
SHELTERED HOUSING Horbury Property Services, part of the Horbury Group, has been selected to provide fire safety services for over-55s accommodation managed by Sheffield-based Arches Housing.
The contract involves Horbury Property Services providing fire door replacement and fire compartmentation upgrades, which will be completed within a four-week schedule, as part of enhancing fire safety for residents.
Luigi Iantorno, Asset Compliance and Reinvestment Officer at Arches Housing, said: “Horbury Property Services secured this contract as a result of a rigorous competitive tender. The upgrade to fire doors and fire compartmentation is an important part of our planned maintenance works as we aim to ensure our homes are as fire safe as possible.”
As well as fire door and fire compartmentation services, Horbury Property Services provides a full range of works, which can form part of planned maintenance programmes. This includes ceiling and dry wall partitioning
inspection, installation, repair and maintenance of fire doors, joinery works, fire stopping, sealing, fire compartmentation, fire alarm and emergency light testing, portable appliance testing, electrical testing and installation work, building fabric repairs as well as external cladding and render repairs.
Richard Sutton, General Manager at Horbury Property Services, said: “This is our second major contract with Arches Housing and we are very pleased to be working with them again to enhance fire safety in one of their sheltered housing schemes. Fire safety is an essential
requirement in all buildings, and we aim to ensure that the residents of Arches Housing are offered the best possible fire protection.”
In addition, the wider Horbury Group provides painting and decorating, flooring refurbishment and installation, amongst others. The company has its head office in South Yorkshire, plus regional offices in London and South Wales, ensuring a truly national capability. This regional presence enables its teams to successfully deliver responsive repairs or large planned refurbishment and maintenance programmes.
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management, staff training and qualifications, traceability in supply chain and environmental protection.
RPC MAKES TRACEABILITY OF RECYCLED PLASTIC
TOP PRIORITY Heanor-based RPC bpi recycling has gained the European Certificate for Plastics Recycling (EUCertPlast) in recognition of high standards followed for recycling of post- consumer plastic waste.
The EUCertPlast certification scheme was developed via a three- year project, co-financed by the European Commission, under the Eco-Innovation Programme and with support from EPRO (European
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Association of Plastic Recycling and Recovery Organisation), PRE (Plastic Recyclers Europe) and EUPC (European Plastic Converters).
The aim of EUCertPlast certification is to recognise and encourage best operating and environmental standards for plastic recyclers processing post-consumer waste across Europe. The certification gives confidence to both suppliers and customers that best practices are being followed throughout the recycling process with regards to stock management of incoming waste, recycling process, quality
The EUCertPlast certification works to the European Standard EN 15343:2007 that specifies necessary procedures for mechanical recycling needed for the traceability of recycled plastics that the end users will require for traceability of a batch of post-consumer recycled content in a product in order to allow better product control.
As Jagan Mohanraj, Innovations Director at RPC bpi recycled products, said: “As a recycler of post-consumer plastic packaging, with EUCertPlast certification we can provide our customers with the assurance that all the plastic film delivered to our sites will be processed in accordance to best practices and treated with respect for the environment as a top priority.”
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