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Meet The Team in Wales

 

We are working in more than 5,000 homes across Wales, and with more than 20 councils, housing providers and schools, so you are never far from an Ian Williams operative. We’ve worked in Wales for more than 60 years, and as a result have built up a great professional workforce, which has delivered a variety of exciting projects and community activities.

 

Ian Williams’ Cardiff office employs 110 people headed up by:

 

                  Back row (left) Paul Price, (right) Ken Jones

                  Front row Sinead O’Neill and Philip Jones.

 

 

General Manager: Ken Jones

 

With responsibility for the Cardiff office, Ken has overall product leadership for all capital works projects, including Decent Homes and Welsh Housing Quality Standard.  Ken is a member of several partnering core groups and is responsible for the development and dissemination of best practice.

 

Building Maintenance Manager: Paul Price

 

Over Paul’s 15 years with the company, he has headed up our planned maintenance contracts with Cardiff City Council, Newport City Homes, Tai Calon, and Caerphilly County Borough Council to deliver a variety of projects, including our work on the current WHQS heating, electrical, kitchen and bathroom improvement contracts. Paul also takes responsibility for maximising personal development and continuous improvement within our team.

 

Painting and Repairs Manager – Philip Jones

 

Philip ensures the successful and timely delivery of redecoration and repairs management services, including cyclical decorations, and repairs, and bathroom upgrades. With more than 20 years’ experience in this post, Philip also looks at ways to improve the lifecycle of our clients’ redecoration and repairs programmes, and ensures that targets are met.

 

Business Development and Community Engagement Manager – Sinead O’Neill

 

Sinead deals with stakeholders at all strategic levels within the community engagement process to create plans that recognise different communities’ unique challenges, aspirations and aims. She is visionary in designing, implementing and delivering community engagement initiatives, CSR and targeted recruitment and training opportunities. Sinead is passionate about ensuring that a lasting legacy is left after the physical work of a regeneration project has been completed.

 

 

Case Studies

 

Major Refurbishment

Ian Williams has worked with Newport City Homes for three years on its £18 million refurbishment package to install new kitchens, bathrooms and electrical wiring in affordable homes in the city. This programme of major home improvements has transformed the quality of life for thousands of residents across Newport City. We are helping Newport City Homes ensure all its 9,000 homes meet the WQHS by 2012.

 

Community Investment

Pupils and parents have benefitted from improvements to St Albans Primary School in Tremorfa, Cardiff, thanks to Ian Williams’ commitment to community investment projects. We held events at the school to meet with pupils and parents to make sure that they had an input into the future of the school. Some of the projects include refurbishing the conservatory, building new work spaces and storage and repainting the outside foundation phase play areas. We are continuing to work with the school