We’ve been in business for well over 40 years.
In that time, we’ve developed an incredible niche – reduced-ligature windows and doors.
This has served us very well, seeing us win awards and become a trusted partner of the NHS.
But that’s not just who we are.
And that’s what several big recent contract wins reinforces.
Our team was trusted to install traditional glazing at four major schools and hospitals across the North East.
In total, we installed over 500 products at:
- North Tyneside Hospital
- Yarm School
- Blyth Community Hospital
- Holystone Primary School
The windows were fabricated over the spring, with installation starting in summer.
The products
North Tyneside Hospital
A total of:
- 288 Kawneer AA720 HI casement windows will be manufactured and installed as part of the refurbishment programme.
Yarm School
This varied project includes
- 19 Kawneer AA3610 Link sash windows
- 88 Kawneer AA3610 vertical sliders
- Two Kawneer AA720 HI casement windows
These provided a solution that complements the character and requirements of the school estate.
Blyth Community Hospital
The hospital scheme comprises:
- 113 Kawneer AA720 HI casement windows to replace existing glazing with high-quality aluminium systems.
Holystone Primary School
At Holystone Primary School, the project includes:
- 21 Kawneer AA720 HI casement windows
- Eight Comar 9Pi door screens fitted with Comar 7Pi doors
This delivered a complete entrance solution alongside the window replacement works.
The process
At Polar NE, we are judged on our results.
We deliver projects in good time, to an exceptional standard.
While no job is ever the same – be it the size, products or complexity – it generally takes us just six to ten weeks to start installation from that initial inquiry.
On a refurbishment job, once the order is placed our skilled surveyor arranges a survey to establish the project’s requirements and site sizes.
No stone is left unturned, with the surveyor ensuring we have a full, thorough understanding of the client’s requirements with any discrepancies bottomed out.
The survey findings are transferred to our talented design team to produce bespoke drawings for client approval, alongside documents for our in-house fabrication team.
Once fully satisfied with the specification, supplier orders are placed and the project assigned to our fabrication department to manufacture.
Upon completion, our Quality Manager meticulously inspects each item to personally ensure they meet our exceptional standards, and that they are within the required tolerances.
Project managers will be working in the background to plan the project throughout the above stages, working with the client on delivery dates and programming the project.
Why Polar NE was trusted
There is a common theme with these four contracts.
Every client is a return customer.
Repeat business is a huge part of our business.
Be it the NHS or local primary schools, customers return to Polar NE time and time again because they can trust us to deliver the big projects on time, within budget and with the high-quality products that they deserve.
That can be advanced, exclusive reduced-ligature systems like our award-winning Humber range, or it can be a simple glass window, produced and installed on a large scale.