Insulation UpdatesSTO TO DELIVER FURTHER BENEFITSSto Ltd has announced details of a newlogistics partnership agreement which hasbeen designed to create additional benefits forcustomers of the company’s external wallinsulation, rainscreen cladding, render andacoustic systems. The deal has seen thecompany’s palletized freight requirements forthe UK and Ireland being handled by leadingspecialists, Clarke Transport, since 1stSeptember this year.“The agreement to partner with Clarke Transportis part of a wider programme of moves todevelop our business structure and furtherimprove our operating efficiency,” explained Sto’sLogistics Manager, Steve Catterson. “Our aim isto provide customers with the best deliveryservice available, and working with one of theleading, privately owned, transport organizationsin the UK is a major step towards achieving thatgoal.”For further info on all these updates and more, visit www.total-contractor.co.ukClarke Transport is – like Sto – a family-operatedcompany that places considerable emphasis onproviding high levels of quality, value andservice. “This aligns perfectly with our ownbusiness ethos and that makes Clarke a perfectpartner for Sto,” added Steve.Established in 1933, Clarke Transport now has afleet of over 200 vehicles. These operate from anetwork of strategically-located regional depotswhich allow the company to provide a wide rangeof delivery and warehousing solutions throughoutthe UK.“We realize that with today’s tight constructionschedules, Sto customers depend on timely andreliable delivery schedules that see our productsarriving on-site exactly when they are required,”Steve added. “Clarke Transport has the experience,professional expertise and commitment to qualityservice that will allow us to satisfy thoseA new report co-authored by the government’s MMC champion Mark Farmer, urging it to putmodular building at the heart of its ‘build build build’ ambition, has been welcomed by ActisThe report, compiled with architect Mike De’Ath, says the government should set a target for 75,000homes a year to be of modular construction by the end of the decade. This would equate to 25% ofits overall target of 300,000 homes a year. Mark Farmer and Mike De’Ath’s 68-page Build Homes,Build Jobs, Build Innovation report states that such a move could create 50,000 jobs and result inattractive, well designed, quality, low and zero carbon homes. The report calls on the government tostimulate demand for the Modern Methods of Construction, thus giving investors confidence in thenew style of manufacture and ensure there is sufficient factory capacity to create the homes.Above: Mark Wilson, Managing Director for Clarke Transport(seated) and Paul Andrews, Interim UK Financial Director forSto Ltd, sign the new logistics partnership agreement tofurther improve Sto’s operating efficiency.expectations, and we’re looking forward to workingwith them.” www.sto.co.ukACTIS WELCOMES FARMER'S MODULAR HOMES CALLActis UK and Ireland Sales Director Mark Cooper, says the push to encourage far wider adoption ofMMC is to be welcomed: “The speed with which such homes can be built has two-fold benefits –accelerating the delivery of much-needed new homes, while at the same time addressing theshortage of skilled workers to build them. Added to that, quality is far better controlled, and they canbe thermally superb, cutting carbon emissions and saving money and resources.”Actis UK and Ireland Sales Director Mark Cooperwelcomes the Build Homes, Build Jobs, Build Innovationreport co-authored by the government’s MMC championMark Farmer. www.insulation-actis.comMark Farmer explained: “There are multiple market failures that remain to be overcome in growingmodular and broader MMC adoption and at the heart of solving them is a need for demand ledtransformation, supported by greater coordination, aggregation and collaboration in the market.Quality must also always come first to ensure we deliver great homes in great places to live, and thereport showcases real examples of what is now possible using modern and innovative techniques.”60 TC OCTOBER 2020
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