Glendale is one of the UK’s leading green service companies working in partnership with both public and private sectors.
Glendale believes in investing in the training of their people and have a thirst for innovation throughout the organisation. They also have a strong commitment to their local communities, ensuring that improvements to the environment are beneficial to all. Glendale’s range of green solutions includes:
- Grounds Management
- Countryside Management
- Commercial Landscaping
- Environmental consultancy
- Golf Course Management
Glendale operates green space & landscape maintenance projects across the UK and originally purchased Benchmark to help cater to their different areas of work in their varied locations. In addition to being able to do this, they have realised many more benefits with their implementation of Benchmark.
Glendale have a network of offices across the southwest, their works include grounds management, woodland management and tree planting, landscaping and arboriculture for a variety of public bodies and private sector companies. Clients include Devon County Council, the Highways Agency and Natural England and leading construction companies such as Kier, Interserve, Carillion and Balfour Beatty.
Meeting the Estimating and Management Needs of Glendale
Mike Dennys is the Chief Estimator and Contracts Manager, producing bids for his own landscaping team and Glendale across the region. Based in Exeter, he and his team needed an estimating system that:
Benchmark has been able to meet these requirements and offer further value for the Glendale group. |
Recent Successes
Recent successful bids include the award of scrub clearance and fencing for British Airways and the planting of over 100,000 trees across England and Wales. They also found recently that their bid to carry out soft landscaping for Exeter University had been successful.
Glendale is currently taking advantage of the recent, successful launch of Benchmark Version 7, with over 60 new functional enhancements, and found the savings in time and money a huge benefit in today’s competitive environment. Mike Dennys says “I am very impressed with Version 7 of Benchmark.” With the increasing emphasis on value for money and trimming of costs, Benchmark is more essential than ever.
Find out more about Glendale at www.glendale-services.co.uk.