JANUARY 2019 | 41
Business
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Contractor Bouygues chooses Deceuninck PVC-U over aluminium
mimics the look of aluminium
– so closely that at street level
it’s impossible to distinguish the
PVC-U in the apartments from the
aluminium used for the Harbour
Hotel next door.
The building also called for 150
sliding doors and Dempsey Dyer
and Bouygues opted for the clean
lines of Deceuninck’s Slider 24,
which suited the contemporary
design. It’s also one of the highest
performing doors on the market
for weather, water tightness, and
security.
The harbour location and design
of the building posed several
technical challenges. The high-rise
nature of the apartment building
More than 700 frames of
Deceuninck’s 2500 chamfered
windows have been installed in
a development of luxury apart-
ments in Southampton. Alexandra
Wharf is a collection of two and
three-bedroom, stylish water-front
apartments, forming part of the
Ocean Village development at the
city’s marina.
Although aluminium profiles
were originally specified, Dece-
uninck fabricator Dempsey Dyer
worked with contractor Bouygues
to customise the specification
to allow the use of sustainable
PVC-U. The contemporary look of
the 2500 chamfered series closely
J&P celebrates ‘Top
Ten’ with VEKA
J&P Home Improvements is
celebrating a successful ten-year
partnership with VEKA Group and
Independent Network.
The family-owned, Lampet-
er-based company, which has been
in business for more than 20 years,
has spent the most successful part
of that period working with VEKA.
Co-owner Barry Thomas ex-
plains: “My Father, John, and I
set the business up in 1991 as an
installation company.
“We decided to move into fabrica-
tion in 1997 so that we could offer
our customers the highest level of
quality in both product and service.
We originally trialled another system
before moving to VEKA, and we’ve
never looked back. Our team works
incredibly hard, and the business
has grown from strength to strength
in recent years, establishing a rep-
utation for quality throughout Lam-
peter and the surrounding area.
“Fabricating our own products
using VEKA profile means we can
truly vouch for their quality and
ensure our customers get the style,
energy efficiency and security they
deserve.”
www.vekauk.com
Double celebration for FENSA at G18
It was a double celebration
for FENSA at the G18 Awards with
two FENSA members winning the
Installer of the Year and the Instal-
lation of the Year awards.
The Window Company (Con-
tracts) Ltd, were first to celebrate
as they took to the stage to accept
the Installer of the Year award
from Anda Gregory, Managing
Director of FENSA who comment-
ed:
“I am delighted for The Window
Company (Contracts) to win this
award. It is most deserved as they
lead by example with high quality
installations and professional cus-
tomer service.”
Monarch Home Improvements
(North East) won the Installation
of the Year award which was vot-
ed the best by homeowners from
their feedback.
Chris Beedel, FENSA Director
of Membership presented this
award and said, “With thousands
of homeowners providing feed-
back on FENSA installations, I am
pleased that Monarch has emerged
as deserving winners of this pres-
tigious award.”
FENSA were one of the headline
sponsors of this year’s awards and
are keen to continue to support
this major industry event in 2019.
www.fensa.org.uk
The Window Company
Contracts Ltd
Monarch Windows
design required strong windows
to withstand high wind and water
pressure – a challenge easily met
by Deceuninck’s 2500 window
with its Class 4 air permeability,
Class 8A water tightness, and Class
A5 2000Pa exposure.
The project was completed in
full and on time within 12 months,
and contractor Bouygues was
extremely happy with the finished
development.
The company’s full product
portfolio is available from the
NBS National BIM Library at
www.nationalbimlibrary.com/
deceuninck-ltd
www.deceuninck.com
PROTECTING
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
The industry has a mixed
record of respecting intellectual
property (IP). We’ve probably all
seen cases of copying (ranging
from accidental infringement
to blatant copying and theft) of
innovations, product design and
brands. Common infringements
range from using images and
brochures without permission,
passing off as other brands, as
well as copying other companies’
products without permission and
benefitting from their innovation
and investment without paying for
them.
We all pay a price if we allow
this to happen. People invest a
great deal of time and money in
building their brand and develop-
ing innovations. As an industry,
we need a flow of innovative
ideas and new products to help
us take advantage of new oppor-
tunities and expand the market.
But companies are not going to
continue investing their time,
efforts and money if they don’t
get a return.
Over the years, window systems,
roofline companies, hardware and
conservatory companies, fabrica-
tors and installer networks like
TimberWindows.com and Bygone
Collection have engaged in suc-
cessful legal action to defend their
intellectual property, and indirect-
ly have defended the industry.
As MD of Masterframe and the
Bygone Collection, I’ve experi-
enced this at first-hand. Recently,
we successfully took legal action
against a company that purport-
ed to sell Bygone windows and
doors, using Bygone promotional
literature. When the homeowner
realised the difference in quality
and turned to us we took the com-
pany to court, acting on behalf of
the homeowner and Bygone Col-
lection installers who they were
pretending to be. The guilty party
was fined over £5,000 plus 100
hours unpaid community work.
Rip-offs like this give our industry
(and them) a bad name.
It’s important to check if the
image, product or innovation you
want to use is copyrighted, or pat-
ented, and if you need a licence.
Checking and obtaining a licence
is a lot cheaper than legal action,
and a lot less disruptive. Doing it
right saves you money and your
reputation.