CBSC believes in the value of a multi-skilled team. Having CORGI registered installers; NICIEC electrical engineers, and CSCS accredited carpenters, tillers, plasterers, decorators and bricklayers as part of our direct workforce, means that as a business, we can offer both the breadth and quality of refurbishment and maintenance services to our clients.

Service portfolio

With a minimum of 30 full-time operatives covering all areas of core competency, CBSC is able to deliver a full property improvement service. We also have access to a network in excess of 50 partnering sub-contractors and specialist providers.

As well as general building, CBSC teams cover the following trades:

	Carpentry and glazing Groundwork and landscaping Central heating Alarm and door entry system Vinyl sheet floor fitting Bricklaying Tiling Electric works Plastering Painting and decorating Roofing, facias and guttering

Scope

Tenanted and void property improvements, DFG and specialist needs; building extensions; communal and sheltered housing schemes.

WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED

Case Study

Whitefriars: CSBC in partnership with Whitefriars Housing Group, through their main contractor Wates, was jointly recognised for innovative approaches in achieving community engagement objectives. As a measure of our commitment to the local residents and our partners, CBSC had a local office based in Coventry, which facilitated the improvement programme and our commitment to employing local people.

Our contract with Whitefriars Housing Group had a value of £3 million, delivering the housing association’s property improvement programme across the city of Coventry. Throughout that time, CBSC consistently and successfully hit its targets and maintained the level and quality of work expected of professional craftsmen. The scope of the work included capital improvement programmes (kitchen and bathroom refits including re-wiring and central heating upgrades) as well as building extensions and DFG projects.

The success of this programme in supporting a BME led business and creating opportunities for the local community for training and employment, has received regional national recognition, most notably from the Housing Corporation and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Several housing associations and local authorities have sited our approach as a model of best practice for investing in the communities in which they serve.