Impact Partnership news

Final tenders have been received and bidder interviews held for the Heywood Sports, Culture & Leisure Village project. Now awaiting final tender clarifications prior to making recommendations to the Authority for the appointment of a selected contractor.

Last week, Impact attended an exhibition aimed at promoting Property services within the ‘blue light’ sector. Impact also sponsored the first ever Equestrian Event staged by the World Fire Fighter Games. Stephen Corkish, Accounts Director, Projects, said: “We met with a number of organisations including Cheshire Fire Service, who are just about to start the process of extending their HQ at Winsford, and with the Communities and Local Government team who are placing the National Procurement Strategy for the Fire and Rescue Service 2008 - 2011. During the Equestrian Event I spent quite some time (and I don't mean in police custody!) with the Chief Constable of Merseyside who revealed they are due to start a roll-out programme of refurbishment of their entire property portfolio. The event was a great success, offering some promising leads.”

Craft Team projects worth in the region of £70k have been completed throughout the summer holidays:

• Woodlands County Primary (Staff room alterations) 
• Deeplish County Primary (External Store Facility)
• St Gabriel’s Castleton (Ramped Access) 
• St Cuthbert’s (Technology Room Refurbishment) 
• Healey County Primary, (Internal Partitions)

All projects are complete and have come in on budget.

Impact has won the contract to assist Rochdale Boroughwide Housing to achieve the Council’s objectives linked to the Government’s National Affordable Housing Programme.

The aim of this programme is initially to provide Rochdale with 150 new council houses, and this may rise eventually to 1,000 new houses. Estate and Assets will identify sites and provide comprehensive site reports and analysis on development potential. This will be followed up with full land assessment reports which aim to
highlight those areas of Council-owned land that may be suitable for this important construction programme.

Caldershaw Road was re-opened on time on completion of work to waterproof the culvert. Work continues to build new masonry walls to improve protection for vehicles accidentally leaving the road – but the road will remain open during these works.

Impact ICT has been in discussions with the main telephone provider for the Municipal Offices (THUS Telecommunications) and have negotiated a reduction of nearly 20% in the current call costs!

• Impact on shortlist for HLF Impact has been shortlisted for five of the seven property professional disciplines by Bolton Council to carry out the Stage 2 application to the Heritage Lottery Fund. A team – including Peter Clapham, Andy Ives, Garry Rhodes, Iain Gammack and John McTernan - attended the interviews last week. 
• Impact recently submitted a tender to carry out the estate management for the commercial portfolio of  the Greater Manchester Pension Fund procured by Tameside MBC.