“Aspen were professional, personal and pro-active when it came to managing the contracts. They actively sought out solutions to any issues that presented themselves. It was clear that they took a lot of pride in the projects and wanted to build a good relationship with the client and project team”.
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“It’s refreshing to work alongside a contractor who values not only the appointed contract and the ongoing future relationship, who over the years has changed and adapted to fit and work closer with us the client in delivering the type of build we are proud to put our brand name against.
Having confidence in a contractor to provide the skills and knowledge to listen and develop our ideas within our housing schemes and sector, and turn them these ideas in to reality with producing dwelling which are more than just houses, flats and plot, but homes for generations to come”.
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“Aspen have delivered 8 developments for the London Borough of Redbridge to a very high quality as evidenced by No defects on handover and very few identified at the 12 months defects period.
Sites have been delivered to or ahead of programme. Aspen are pro-active in resolving issues that could cause delays and working with the client collaboratively to remove or reduce risks.
Aspen are excellent at keeping to budget. No additional costs other than requests from the client or issues outside of Aspen’s control.
A quality that is especially appreciated by the Council is that of dealing with Public and customers; Aspen are excellent in building positive relationships with neighbours and the local community.”
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“Aspens site organisation was good and they worked closely with the client to overcome and challenges with the site works. Aspen understood the client’s drivers, and this helped all parties making their willingness to assist and their agility very responsive to the clients needs. Their reporting and management on site were very good and they had clear lines of communications with everyone. They are particularly good at defusing any upset neighbours or residents.
The quality of the finished units was very good too with particular attention to details. Commercial matters were tightly controlled and the final accounts on schemes were quickly closed out. Defect free handover and minor repair items after defects period. Would happily work with Aspen again.”
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Oxbury Chartered Surveyors acted as Employer’s Agent for a scheme of 79 dwellings in Huntingdon, which comprised a mix of houses and apartments with affordable rent, shared ownership and private rent tenures.
Aspen Build (East Anglia) Ltd were the main contractor appointed under the JCT DB 2011 contract.
The contract was split into five phases commencing September 2018 and completing in March 2020. There were some slight delays due to Statutory Undertakers, but Aspen did everything they could to try and mitigate the problems.
There were a number of Client variations instructed changing the specifications and internal layouts resulting in an increase to the contract sum of c£280k, all of which Aspen provided detailed quotes for prior to instruction and were reviewed by us to ensure value for money. All costs received from Aspen were fair and reasonable.
The quality of the workmanship and professionalism of all their staff was extremely high and we would not hesitate to work with Aspen on other schemes.
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