News on 4 September 2000

Building & Property has gained a £6.25m contract with The Trustees of St Genevieve’s School in Northern Ireland.

B&P will provide facilities management services such as building, grounds and M&E maintenance, catering, cleaning, post distribution, security and waste management and a help-desk over 25 years.

The school is to be constructed under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) with B&P as an investor alongside partners O’Hare McGoven and the Bank of Scotland. All PFI projects have a performance regime in order to ensure that the quality and standards of the services are met at all times.

The building is to be completed by February 2001. Clive Groom, chief executive of B&P, says that the company has also been involved in the design process and the input during this stage has focused on operations and maintenance. He says this will enable B&P to introduce new and more efficient methods of working at an early stage of the contract.

Jessica Jarlvi