Luton Borough Council

8,500 homes

Woods has been working with Luton Borough Council (LBC) since 2005, as their sole provider of asbestos removal services.

LBC is responsible for the maintenance and management of approximately 8,500 affordable housing properties.

Asbestos removal is carried out to a cross-section of these buildings across the Borough including low, medium and high rise constructions.

The works required can be part of bathroom replacement programmes, kitchen replacement programmes, boiler replacement programmes, planned maintenance works or responsive maintenance works.

All works are procured through a schedule of rates and work is allocated by way of both planned and reactive maintenance with site staff employed on this contract on a daily basis. The contract also requires Woods to provide a reinstatement service post removal works.

Specific working methods we adopt on this framework:
  • Access “password” scheme to safeguard tenants
  • Tenant consultation packs
  • ID cards
  • Safety checks by in house and external auditors
  • Welfare Units provided for washing
  • DBS cleared site staff
  • All our operatives undergo additional training programmes that include “domestic” care and “customer” care to ensure they apply a high degree of attention when working in domestic properties at all times
  • Emergency contact numbers
  • Localised waste facility
Typical works include:
  • Bath panels
  • Riser panels
  • Flue pipes
  • Warm air units
  • Cisterns
  • Bin sheds
  • Floor tiles
  • Garage Roofs
  • Textured coatings
Client:

Luton Borough Council

Duration:

Since 2005

Skills and Training

Woods recognises the value and importance of providing opportunities to staff, to develop their job-related knowledge and skills and expects that with development and training individual effectiveness and motivation will increase.
All staff are continuously assessed through audit and competency assessment carried out by our Compliance Team, Managers and Site Supervisors. This information is gathered to enable us to produce a relevant training needs analysis (TNA) programme delivered using our state of the art training facility to ensure that all individuals' needs are met.