3. Tom Kerr, Sales Director of Langley Waterproof Systems
Developing the Trust
English - June 04, 2019 11:49 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week Tim travels to Daventry to speak to Tom Kerr, sales director of Langley Waterproof Systems, a company that assess and supply roofs to many public bodies in social housing, MoD and indeed in education including schools.
On this episode we cover:
Langley being suppliers and designers of high performance waterproofing systems
Working with clients throughout the UK including many public bodies –social housing, MoD and education
Taking on an asset management function – having a look at stock, fitting new roofs
What we can learn from social housing and social value
Working with contractors small and large
CIF funding on a needs basis in education
SFA’s output specification and how this has been interpreted by the industry
CDM regulations
Fluctuating BBA’s
Offering three main systems for reinforced bituline membranes
Value for money being marked up from 25 to 30%
The school’s contribution not making any difference for value for money
Clarion, in social housing, spending £15 billion over 20 years, £700m per annum
Issues regarding training young people
Addressing skills gaps in the construction industry
Recruitment issues as a result of Brexit
The construction industry facing a huge shortage of labour
An ageing workforce
Attracting more women into construction
The issues with schools creating their own tenders
10s of millions of pounds of funding that could potential help
HACT (Housing Associations Charities Trust)
Opportunities
The need for apprenticeships
The need to digitise everything in construction
Schools condition Data Collection Programme and formulaic funding
Encouraging everyone to think of the buildings as an asset
Concerns about the methodology of the capture of this data
Every single school having to commission their own condition survey
Schools not having the option to close down
The need for a better dialogue with the SFA
How collaboration and open dialogue with manufacturers, designers, suppliers and contractors is the key to find out what is best practice and what might give better value for money
1300 fires average in school every year