BEKO – first choice for major student kitchen contract

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One of the main distributors for Beko products has been involved in fitting out two new student accommodation buildings at The University of Reading, acting as a one-stop shop for the supply, wiring and pre-commissioning of all the appliances within 122 'cluster kitchens'.

JPD Contracts, based in Coalville, Leicestershire, provides a nationwide service, supplying housebuilders and main contractors with the full range of white goods and other appliances. In the case of The University of Reading's Stenton and Mackinder Hall buildings Morgan Sindall was the main contractor.

Each individual kitchen was equipped with a Beko oven, hob, extract hood and an upright fridge-freezer. As is normal on contracts of this scale, JPD worked with the rest of the project team on the creation of prototype kitchen which the university's architect and property management department could inspect and fine tune.

The Managing Director of JPD Contracts, John Evans, comments: “We have been dealing with Beko for some three years now and will have seen our business with the manufacturer grow by 30 per cent in the past year. Not only do we get good service from Beko, but they are the right products at the right price for the current market.”

“Beko's commitment to product reliability, a dependable delivery programme and technical support is a real asset to us”.

“Our client base includes the UK's top 10 housebuilders while we work extensively with the public sector, and Reading University is just one of a number of student accommodation contracts we have completed recently in conjunction with Beko.”

“The appliances are delivered to our main distribution warehouse and then our teams of fitters take them to site where they then gas, wire and pre-commission everything before taking away the packaging and any rubbish. Stenton Hall had 50 cluster kitchens, and Mackinder 72, done in three and six phases respectively, where we had up to four teams working at any one time.”

The University of Reading project was completed and handed over ready for the start of the current academic year.

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