GTC has been awarded a significant contract by Mulberry Homes for its new development in Thirsk, Yorkshire. The infrastructure networks for gas, electricity, water and super-fast fibre will be installed by GTC at the 925-plot development known as Sowerby Gateway.
This contract is significant because it highlights how GTC has extended its traditional utilities offering, adding market leading super-fast fibre-optic services with Broadband speeds of up to 300Mbps available to the new home owners. GTC is the only provider of new utility networks able to deliver allfour essential utilities together in the UK.
Mulberry has selected GTC as its preferred utilities provider for this very reason: fibre optic networks are the future-proof solution able to support ever higher speeds and well beyond 300Mbps as the requirements of 21st century life evolve during future decades. This was important to Mulberry.
This future-proof solution also avoids the need for individual satellite dishes, and delivers TV and all other services via fibre cables directly into homes, neatly utilising a Fibre Integrated Reception System (FIRS) comprising a central satellite receiver and aerial array to serve the whole site.
Mulberry recognises too the value of GTC’s being independent, offering flexibility of scheduling of works to suit their build programme, high-quality service and good value for money.
Richard Cheeseman, Regional Sales Manager for GTC, says: "Super-fast and reliable broadband is now so important to home buyers that statistics show they are prepared to pay more for a home with fibre optic broadband and will even decide against an otherwise beautiful home if it is not serviced by super-fast broadband. We have broken the monopoly when it comes to gas and electricity connections and we now wish to support house builders with independent provision of the fastest and most reliable fibre networks."
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About GTC
GTC is a nationwide provider of utility infrastructure to the new-build market and provides cost-effective Gas, Electricity, Water and Fibre to the Home (FTTH) networks, along with sustainable solutions.
Over the past decade, GTC has become one of Britain’s biggest providers of utility infrastructure. GTC works with all the main house builders, consultants and major developers in the British mainland new-build market. Currently over 1.6 million homes and commercial premises are connected or contracted-to-be connected to a GTC network.
GTC operates and maintains networks, whether built by its own construction teams or by other accredited infrastructure providers. GTC operates the gas networks and meters for GTC Pipelines Ltd (GPL), Independent Pipelines Limited (IPL), Quadrant Pipelines Limited (QPL) and Independent Meters Limited (IML); the electricity networks for The Electricity Network Company Ltd (ENC) and Independent Power Networks Limited (IPNL); and for Fibre to the Homes, Independent Next Generation Networks Limited (INGNL) in association with Independent Fibre Networks Limited (IFNL).
Because of this on-going responsibility, GTC ensures that exacting construction standards are adhered to from the outset.
GTC holds all four Lloyd's utility technical accreditations:
- Multi Utility Recognition Status (MURS)
- Gas Industry Registration Scheme (GIRS)
- National Electricity Registration Scheme (NERS)
GTC is also a CHAS (The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme) registered company.
GTC is owned by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P, a company operating a diverse portfolio of quality assets worldwide.
www.gtc-uk.co.uk