Brentwood School continue with Grassform

Released on: May 14, 2008, 3:32 am

Press Release Author: Grassform Ltd

Industry: Construction

Press Release Summary: Top Dressing & Over Seeding for Sports Pitches at Brentwood
School, Brentwood, Essex

Press Release Body: Great sporting pedigree
Brentwood School was founded in 1557 and is firmly established to this day with well
over 1400 day pupils and 70 boarding in its pre-prep, prep and senior sections. The
school is particularly noted for its sporting achievements, both in outdoor sports
such as football and cricket and indoor sports too where many young athletes have
been developed. The school invests heavily into its 65 acre sports field area, which
comes under the remit of Steve Francis, head of the Grounds Department. Steve is
proud of the facilities that he has and part of this has been down to Grassform Ltd.
who have worked on the outdoor facilities over the past eight years. The company has
dealt with many aspects of maintenance, drainage and earthworks around the site
which lies between Brentwood and Shenfield town centres in south Essex, maintaining
the high standards that the school set.

Easy choice of contractor
Location would seem an obvious reason as to why Grassform have been chosen as a
contractor at the school, given that they are based only a few miles away. This is
one aspect, but not the main reason states Steve. It is their quality of work,
attitude and ultimately a competitive quotation which means that the work comes back
to the Ingatestone based company on a regular basis. He said "I like the fact that
Grassform do exactly what they say they will do, and all of their staff are very
knowledgeable and able to consult with me on any minor changes in specification that
are required as each job goes on. Plus, they leave the site as they found it which
for a school of our standing is significant - it's important to me to have as little
disruption as possible." The school have experienced excellent work over their eight
year working relationship with Grassform and Steve sees this continuing into the
future. The company have completed sand slit drainage work, spread sand carpets,
over seeded and verti-drained on most of the site which includes 12 football, 4
rugby and 5 cricket pitches, all of which need regular attention to ensure a high
standard.

Recent wet weather tasks
Grassform were recently working at Brentwood School over the Easter holidays to
complete some remedial works, and Steve Francis was as ever impressed with the
attitude shown by the company's staff. "We asked Grassform to dress a sand loam
60/40 mix carpet and carry out overseeding on some of our 12 football pitches,
something we do in a 4 year cycle with 3.5 pitches at a time. Grassform's staff were
very careful so as not to damage the grass as they traversed with materials during
the inclement wet weather that we experienced over Easter, which may not seem
significant but it shows that they think about their work as contractors to leave
the site as best they can."

Client Testimonial
Summing up Grassform's work at the school, Steve Francis said "Grassform offer a
package, which is not always the cheapest option, but what it does offer is
outstanding quality and value for money." Mark Dunning, Grassform's managing
director said of the works at the school: "We have had a very good working
relationship with Brentwood School over the last few years and have made, in
conjunction with the Steve Francis and his ground staff, some significant
improvements to the playing surfaces on the sports fields. Steve has to provide the
best possible surfaces for the school\'s demanding sporting schedules and that is why
he has contracted Grassform to work alongside his own staff to help maintain the
high standards required from Brentwood School\'s management."



Web Site: http://www.grassform.co.uk/Top-Dressing-and-Over-Seeding

Contact Details: Grassform Ltd
Dunsteads Farm
Trueloves Lane
Ingatestone
Essex
CM4 0NJ
UK

Tel +44 ( 0 )1277 355500
Email: mark@grassform.co.uk
Web: www.grassform.co.uk

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