Rok plays active role in community where it is based

Mon 9th November 2009 3.47PM

ROK plc began life in the West Country when a regional construction group, founded in 1939, was re-launched in 2001 by chief executive Garvis Snook with the aim of providing locally based building and maintenance services on a national scale. Now with sales just under the £1bn mark and more than 5000 employees, Rok operates out of 60 centres, each playing an active role in the community where it is based. Rok’s model of using its own directly employed tradespeople to deliver as many of its services as possible in as many towns and cities across the UK as possible, sets it apart.

Concentrating on the everyday building, refurbishment and maintenance needs of communities offers huge scope for further consolidation and opportunity. Rok set out to be mouldbreaking and has demonstrated this in a variety of ways over the last eight years, winning recognition for its people policies and training; health, safety and environmental record; financial performance; innovation and entrepreneurial leadership Our difference Rok operates from a wide network of 60 offices in UK towns and cities Rok delivers many services using its own fully-trained technicians Rok provides a broad range of building services including plumbing, heating and electrical Rok involves itself in the communities having a positive impact on people and the environment Rok looks for new, more effective and greener ways of working Rok is a market leader in the social housing, education and insurance sectors Rok has extensive experience working in occupied premises