Kier wins Islington housing contracts

24th Jun 2010 13:58

Islington Council has handed contractor and housebuilder Kier two four-year contracts worth as much as £22m a year to repair and maintain 29,500 properties.Homes for Islington (HFI), the arms length management organisation for the council, will pay between £14m and £20m to Kier for housing repairs, voids and adaptations. A second contract is for the gas servicing repairs, replacements and upgrades in the north of the Borough with an indicative annual value of between £1m and £2m.The deals, which are extendable for up to ten years, will begin on 30 October. Kier first started repairing and maintaining the Borough's housing stock in 2000.