Testimonials.

We can highly recommend Probus as a trusted contractor for an educational environment.
We have used Probus for two projects, one for a stand alone building that we use for Before and After School club call “The Hive” and a second smaller project but perhaps more difficult to add an Immersive Classroom and 4 offices to the existing building.
Probus staff are outstanding.

For us, and the success of the first project, made it easier to choose this trusted contractor.
They met with school staff, governors, and our Architect at the beginning of works to unsure we would get the space we needed and thereafter met every month for an agenda meeting which was very professional and included:

• Safeguarding
• Site security and use of site
• Logistics for deliveries and movement of stock, waste, and comfort cabin
• Health and Safety
• Reports and Timelines
• Original quotes, ongoing costs, and update on changes
• Building regulations compliance

 We would unreservedly recommend Probus.

I just wanted to thank you to your team for the great job you did at the school in refurbishing the existing classrooms to create New Music rooms. As you know this was the first phase of [our project] to introduce international boarding into the school and relocate many of the school departments so that the synergy between the subjects could be enhanced.  Although this was the smaller of the planned projects with the creation of 3 classrooms, the short time scale was critical to us being able to achieve the desired moves for the various departments to start the process. Of all the projects we had planned this was the one that I felt had  such a tight time scale that I was not sure we would be able to achieve this over the Easter Holidays to a point where we were able to teach from the rooms as soon as we returned from the Holidays. To achieve this I needed your team to fully prepared to start work on day1 and not take a few days to set up site and familiarise themselves with the work and the building, so it was good to see that all this had happened before the holiday, and at the end of day 2 you had all the demolition completed and had started to erect new stud walls.

It was even better to return to find that not only could we teach from the spaces but there were no defects and the space looked amazing. It really showed the teaching staff what we hoped to achieve for the rest of the school and really created a buzz around the school.

Steve please thank the team for a great Job again at the school in the final phase of this years project. The New Hazel Boarding house conversion and the new Dwight 6th form centre needed to be completed in parallel so that we were able to move the 6th form and create the new boarding house. Again the time scales were very tight on both projects, initially we had given you the whole of the summer holidays to achieve both projects, but then we decided we needed them both completed by the second week of August to allow the head to give tours of the new spaces to prospective boarders and 6th form pupils, on exam results day, which again took 3 weeks of the programme. Once again you achieved this for us and we had expected that the projects might only be partially completed for this date, but the team really worked hard on this to make the project 100% complete. This has meant the 6th form is now the largest it has ever been, because the spaces now available to them for study is greater than we have ever been able to offer them. The boarding house is also a great achievement as although this was a relatively new building, we did not therefore expect the wiring to be so poorly installed that we needed to carry out major rewiring of some areas, and the heating system  upgrade required a lot of new pipework installed, all this resulted in major access problems which created additional works for the plasterers and decorators. To run both projects at the same time required excellent resource management and to achieve both projects to such a high standard on time showed how well your whole team works together to achieve the end results.

We will always be happy to show any of your prospective clients around the school and the work you have completed for us and if you ever require letters of reference The Headmaster, The Bursar and the Chair of Governors have all been so impressed with what you have achieved at the school they would all be prepared to endorse this.

With the ongoing success and expansion of the two companies under [our] brand, it was important for us to expand the office and give our staff a modern working environment and customers a friendly and inviting place to visit. We were fortunate enough to give the building contract to Probus who exceeded all expectation. Providing excellent customer relations, the onsite representative was friendly, professional and ensured all work was completed on time and to an excellent quality. Any problems were handled with the upmost professionalism and attended to immediately.

I am most satisfied with all works carried out and will be using Probus for all future works at [our] offices.

Thank you to Steve, Chris, Amanda and the rest of the team at Probus for making my office extension project a complete success. Being my first building project, I was quite nervous and daunted by what lay ahead, but I needn’t have been. As soon as I started speaking with Probus, I was immediately put at ease and had full confidence in their ability to deliver and deliver they did! All work was completed on-time and to a very high standard. Trades and materials were on site exactly when they said they would be. The site was always clean and tidy and there was very minimal impact on day-to-day life in the rest of the building, which was a major consideration with my home also being my workplace. When I had any queries, they were answered swiftly and tweaks I made to the plans were accommodated without any issues. I have absolutely no doubt that I would use Probus again for future projects. 

Tom Comben, Bourne