Contractors B-Line rapid response and repairs is a division of Breyer Group Plc, delivering responsive repairs and maintenance to primarily occupied residential and public buildings for local authorities and RSL’s in the UK.
B-Line maintains more than 4,400 properties for Dartford Council delivering both reactive repairs and major improvement programmes. They selected Buildbase to provide a dedicated stores solution within the B-Line premises at Dartford, supplying a wide range of materials for the B-Line and Dartford Council Partnership while also managing the van stock for the B-Line fleet of operatives.
Neil Watts, commercial director of B-Line said: “After a rigorous selection process we chose Buildbase to be our preferred materials supply partner. We wanted to ensure our chosen supplier had an excellent track record in delivering stores solutions and materials to the public sector and contractors. Buildbase showed this through the number of public sector clients they have and the savings they have helped them achieve. Buildbase works very closely with us to ensure we deliver on our promises to our clients. Their materials distribution expertise compliments our own maintenance expertise to deliver a first class service to our clients.”
Because of Grafton’s years of experience in providing solutions to the social housing sector and dedicated partnering team, Buildbase was able to have the complete managed stores solution up and running in six weeks including the complete stores fit out, installing IT systems, stock profiling and van stock implementation.
The stores holds in stock a core range of over 800 products giving a 100% core stock availability, as well as being supported by the surrounding Grafton branch network giving B-Line operatives access to over 4500 product lines locally. A full range of KPIs has been implemented to ensure a constant measurement of performance, ensuring B-Line meets Dartford Council’s requirement.
