WHAT’S NEW? SETCRETE IS THE IDEAL
FAST TRACK SOLUTION Setcrete 2K Pro floor levelling compound was found to be the ideal solution for builders working on a fast track residential refurbishment in Acocks Green, Birmingham.
Thanks to the levelling compound’s specialist properties, builders at the property were able to apply it directly over old adhesive residue left on the bathroom subfloor, rather than remove it. As a result, the builders were able to return the bathroom to full use within 24 hours.
Builders were called to the house in Acocks Green, near Birmingham, as the bathroom needed extensive refurbishment works. The owner of the house required work to be completed in the fastest possible time, as he did not want the bathroom to be out of use for any longer than was absolutely necessary. However, when the existing lino floorcoverings were removed, a large amount of adhesive residue remained on the subfloor.
This adhesive residue would normally need to be mechanically removed before a levelling compound can be installed. If the adhesive residue is not removed, then many traditional levelling compounds will not properly bond with the subfloor, and the floor could eventually fail. Mechanical removal is a time-consuming and potentially costly process.
Builders were able to completely avoid the need for mechanically removing the adhesive residue by using Setcrete’s 2K Pro levelling compound. This specialist compound has been designed for use directly over old, well-bonded adhesive residues, including bitumen and carpet tile tackifiers.
Setcrete 2K Pro is packaged in 20kg lined paper sacks and 5L bottles, and is available from merchant distributors nationwide.
www.setcrete.co.uk
MAXIM FM CLEAN UP IN £2.4M CONTRACT SUCCESS
management experience being brought in to service the contracts that have been won.
Maxim FM provides commercial contract cleaning and facilities management services to public and private sector clients, and works with a growing number of well- known companies and organisations right across the UK.
The North East’s largest independent contract cleaning and facilities management firm is going back to school after winning a number of new contracts in the education sector worth a total of £2.4m.
Maxim Facilities Management has secured the three-year contracts with a number of secondary and tertiary educational establishments around the UK, including in Kettering, Manchester, Lancaster and its native North East.
The contract wins have resulted from a strategic decision taken by the company two years ago to increase its focus on the education sector, which has seen the proportion of Maxim's overall business based on this sort of client rise from 10% to nearly 25% today. It has also helped the Sunderland-headquartered firm to grow the number of people it employs to over 800, with a number of people with education sector
The management team is continuing to implement a growth plan is designed to turn it into a £20m turnover company employing around 2,000 people within the next three to five years.
Graham Conway, Founder and Managing Director at Maxim FM, said: "We saw the trend for more responsibility for facilities management work being devolved to teams within educational establishments that already had wide-ranging responsibilities, and felt there were opportunities to increase the amount of business we did in this sector, a strategic approach which is now paying clear dividends.”
"We think there is a great deal more potential to be realised in this sector, particularly within the North East, and we'll be continuing to try to keep the proportion of our business that is focussed on the education sector at around 25% as it grows in the years to come.”
maximfm.co.uk
www.tomorrowsfm.com
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