Building Charter Award
Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) has been awarded Chartered Building Company status becoming one of the first social housing organisations to reach this prestigious standard.
Achieving Chartered Building Company status means that CDHT has demonstrated commitment to quality service, integrity of conduct and shown it has a professional concern for clients’ needs, as well as providing benchmarks for operational standards. Further, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) status enhances the links that CDHT already enjoys with the CIOB.
Clients of TrustWorks are safe in the knowledge that their projects are completed with professionalism, speed and efficiency, and to a very high standard. The scheme requires CDHT to abide by and adhere to Chartered Building Company Rules and a Professional Code of Conduct as decreed by the Privy Council of the Chartered Institute of Building.
Phil Jones, Director of TrustWorks the in-house maintenance team at CDHT, said;
“This award of Chartered Building Company status completes an important part of the TrustWorks Business Plan which gives TrustWorks a strategic direction for the next five years. The business plan sets out a wide range of service improvements that will ultimately result in greater capacity, improved services for customers and more opportunities to be successful in winning work outside TrustWorks’ traditional geographical areas. TrustWorks has recently worked for Chez Jules, recently voted Best Large Restaurant at the Chester Food and Drink Festival and Steve Biko Housing Association in Liverpool carrying out high quality repairs, maintenance and refurbishment works, as well as increasingly being asked to assist other Housing Associations in service improvement.”
Jess Deacon, Chartered Building Company Manager, added:
“Chartered members are amongst the most highly regarded professionals working throughout the international construction industry. Our membership represents the wide diversity of roles within the construction industry and promotes the delivery of high work standards and values. We are proud to count CDHT as one of those members and congratulate them on their success.”
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Notes to editors
Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) is a dynamic and enterprising organisation at the forefront of delivering positive impacts in the communities with which it works. The Trust’s homes span six communities – Blacon North; Blacon South; Chester City Area; The Rurals; Lache and Handbridge; Upton, Hoole, Newton and Plas Newton.
Committed to the best principles of social enterprise with over 14,000 local customers in 6,200 properties and 53% of its 275 colleagues living within its communities, the Trust adheres to key commitments and principles relating to people, places, partnerships and performance which underpin the Vision to ‘create opportunity’, through its mission, ‘by doing the right thing’.
The Trust is about being transparent and accountable in everything that is done and to this end is one of the first organisations nationally to have established a Residents’ Board, with full delegated powers from the Trust Board, to direct services which impact upon their lives.
The Trust has a comprehensive development programme delivering over 330 new homes including the £12million regeneration of the Treborth Road area of Chester providing new homes for rent, sale and shared ownership, as well as a village green and wildlife habitats.
CDHT also provides services on a partnership basis, to a number of other customers e.g. Telecare services, TrustWorks Maintenance Services, Housing Options advice, waiting list management and choice based lettings to neighbouring local authorities and registered social landlords.
The Trust is rated as two Star excellent by the Audit Commission, has the highest possible rating from Telecare Services Association and is also credited Investors in People and is the overall Employer of the Year For Cheshire West. It has been in the ‘Top 100 Sunday Times best companies to work for’ for the last 2 years.
For more details please visit Click here to view the website or request a copy of CDHT’s Corporate Plan 2009-2014.
CDHT Press Contacts: Phil Brotherhood
Click here to email Phil
M: 07884 493370
Jane Harrad-Roberts
Click here to email Jane
M: 07785 395705
W: Click here to view the website
T: 01244 330000
Chartered Institute of Builders (CIOB) members are drawn from a wide range of professional disciplines working within building and construction supply chains. The membership includes clients, consultants and contractors as well specialists in regulation, research and education. This provides a pool of specialist knowledge which informs the way in which the industry develops.
The highly regarded designations MCIOB and FCIOB are the marks of a true professional. Holders of the CIOB qualification are recognised throughout the industry as knowledgeable and competent in their field with a personal commitment to continual professional development.
An inclusive approach to recognising and qualifying members from different backgrounds offers significant career development opportunities for anyone working in the built environment.
Personal and professional development of members is a priority for the CIOB. Work in this area focuses on raising standards in building, setting the benchmark for the quality of education and training provided to those entering or working in the industry.
Contact: Jess Deacon jdeacon@ciob.org.uk
www. ciob.org.uk 01344 630700
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