Constructionline Gold, BBSA accredited and Yewdale Kestrel certified installers
Trade accreditations
Commercial blinds · North West and UK projects
Commercial blinds,specified and fitted
Commercial and contract blinds for facilities managers, contractors, architects, schools, care groups and managed buildings.
01Building typeStart with the setting 02SitesOne site or a wider estate 03WindowsAn estimate is enough 04ProgrammeA date, if you have one
Selected commercial work
Who we work for
Named projects from civic, office and education settings, with the installation detail available in each case study.
Completed commercial projects
- Manchester Town Hall
- DWP Salford
- Stockport School
- Dalkia
- North West Ambulance Service
- Oldham Athletic Football Club
Verified credentials
Evidence your procurement team can check
See the key cover, accreditations and site competencies now. Expand the full record when you need the detail.
Tell us about your site Qualified site team
Enhanced DBS across the fitting team
RAMS supplied as standard before works begin
View full compliance details Insurance, training, access and site controls
- Public and products liability
- £5,000,000
- Employers' liability
- £10,000,000 for any one claim
- Insurer
- Aviva Insurance Limited
- Valid until 5 February 2027
- Accreditations
- Constructionline Gold, BBSA accredited and Yewdale Kestrel certified installers
- BBSA member page
- Anti-ligature
- Yewdale Kestrel certified installers across the fitting team, renewed annually
- Site team
- CSCS carded, with our own SSSTS qualified supervision
- Safeguarding
- Enhanced DBS across the fitting team
- Training and access
- IPAF, PASMA, Working at Height, Asbestos Awareness and face fit testing
- Safety management
- Laura Pinder holds IOSH Managing Safely
- Risk assessment and method statement
- RAMS supplied as standard before works begin
- Child safety
- BS EN 13120 devices fitted and adjusted on every unit
- Typical lead time
- 7 to 10 days from survey to installation
Case studies
Work you can inspect
Compare completed BBS installations across different buildings, briefs and programmes.
See all project work
Commercial sectors
Find your building type
Different settings have different access, privacy, light-control and maintenance needs. Start with the closest sector.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Specification
Before you specify it
The answers a specifier, facilities manager or main contractor needs before our blinds go anywhere near your building.
- Fabric and fire
- Yewdale contract fabrics certified to BS 5867 Part 2 Type B, with the certificate for the specified fabric supplied on every commercial order. A Type C certified fabric is available where the specification calls for it.
- Child safety
- Devices to BS EN 13120 are fitted and adjusted on every unit, with chains and cords secured at the correct height. Mandatory in schools, nurseries and care settings.
- Fixings and substrate
- Self-drilling fixings into aluminium frames. Rated cavity anchors in plasterboard, or hardened screws where a stud is confirmed. Masonry drilling uses on-tool HEPA extraction and face fit tested P3 masks.
- Working at height
- EN 131 professional access equipment, inspected and tagged before use. Two fitters, one working and one at ground level watching the area below. IPAF and PASMA carded for powered access and towers.
- Occupied buildings
- We ask to see the asbestos register at induction before anyone drills, and we stop and check rather than guess on any material the register does not cover.
- Getting it done
- Seven to ten days from survey to fitting, and we work around your hours. Project specific RAMS come to you before we start.
Ask for the certificate on the fabric you are specifying and it comes with the quote. Download our generic example RAMS , or see the full insurance, accreditations and RAMS page for your PQQ.
How a project moves
From enquiry to sign-off
Start with what you know. The brief can be refined as drawings, access and programme become clearer.
- 01
Enquiry
Tell us the sector, site count, rough window count and any deadline.
- 02
Survey and schedule
We review the brief, drawings and access requirements, then agree what needs measuring.
- 03
Project documents and programme
Scope, products, programme and any requested project information are agreed before fitting.
- 04
Fit and sign-off
Installation is completed against the agreed schedule, with any snags recorded at sign-off.
Lifecycle and planned replacement
Programmed replacement across an estate
Blinds reach end of life across a whole building, not one window at a time. If you are budgeting a lifecycle or planned maintenance programme, we work the way your programme does.
-
Priced by phase, not by guess
Survey the full estate, then price it in the phases your budget releases. Each phase stands on its own purchase order.
-
Installed in the window you have
Summer and half-term holidays for schools, out of hours and weekends for occupied workplaces. We plan around the building being in use, not the other way round.
-
Working under a main contractor
We work to your induction and site rules, attend pre-start meetings, and supply RAMS before anyone is on site. Two operatives at height, one as ground level observer.
-
Consistent across every phase
The same fabric, the same system and the same control type in year three as in year one, so a replaced floor matches the one above it.
Recent lifecycle work includes school and academy estates across Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside, instructed by a Tier 1 facilities management contractor and delivered inside a two to three day holiday window.
See the lifecycle replacement programme Price a lifecycle programmeContract curtains and subcontract fitting
One supplier for blinds and curtains, working under your programme.
BBS supplies and fits contract curtains alongside blinds, so a fit out does not need two window dressing subcontractors. At Cale Cross that was curtains and roller blinds to around 241 apartments over 17 floors for Oak Construction, plus the cinema room and private dining.
We work as a subcontractor to main contractors, fit out firms and FM providers: RAMS per site, inductions and pre-start meetings attended, a PO reference carried through to invoice, and fitting sequenced to your handover dates. For the right job we travel: Cale Cross in Newcastle, Keady's head office in Kent and Skinner Street in Leeds were all BBS installations. See the facilities management page for how reactive and planned work runs across an estate.
Coverage
North West based. UK commercial coverage.
Residential fitting stays in the North West. Commercial fit-out and larger directly managed projects can be delivered across the UK, depending on scope.
Explore all coverageCommercial enquiry
Tell us what you are pricing
Give us the building type, number of sites, approximate window count and programme. Drawings and window schedules can be attached at the final step.
0161 244 9467 Call to discuss the briefOne site, one office or one shop? Skip the form.
WhatsApp the window count A photo of the windows helpsPrefer to choose how you get in touch? Contact BBS.
Useful to have ready Site postcodes Window schedule or drawings Tender deadline, if applicable