Building extension to offer more services to customers
On November 17th AES will officially open their new workshop, following the completion of the building work over the summer.
With the completion of the building work, AES now benefits from an additional 16,000 feet and a 2,000 foot pre-production facility where the looms and communication boards are designed and assembled.
This extra space allows AES to develop a fresh range of services, the latest of which is ‘Turnkey’.
‘Turnkey’ solves the problems that some blue light and lease company fleet managers face when removing the equipment inherited from old vehicles for re-use on new ones.
Ideally, decommissioning should form a seamless part of the fleet system. Tangible financial and environmental benefits accrue when the installation house collects the old vehicle and delivers the new one. The chief advantages are that:
Legacy equipment is in the right place for reinstallation and refurbishment.
Transporters are not running around empty.
Equipment intended for disposal is disposed of responsibly.
Refurbishment of legacy equipment is completed at the installation site
Changes to Police communication plans bought following the introduction of Tetra radios make the task of removal and reinstallation a routine task. AES are licensed to complete this work.
When organised correctly, it is be possible to deliver a completed vehicle ready for the user, at the same time as the in-service car is removed for re-sale in exactly the same way as rental and lease companies have done for years. When AES are completing the commissioning work, there is a fixed cost for this service of £220.00 per vehicle, irrespective of the type. If the vehicle happens to be a complex paramedic or Police traffic car with mobile data etc; there are real savings to be made.
Environment Protection adds Value
This procedure economises on fleet costs and helps fleet managers to demonstrate best value where legacy equipment is reused and good practice with regard to environmental protection. All of which provides at least two good reasons to consider the decommissioning /re-commissioning life cycle of equipment.