C J Uden & Co was established over 25 years ago to offer a complete in-house service for foul and surface water drain locating , water pressure testing , high pressure water jet cleaning / unblocking , maintenance jetting and CCTV surveying. Our services are used by architects , structural engineers , surveyors , loss adjusters , insurance companies , management agents , housing associations , local authorities ,and many private clients who we are sure would be able to provide you with references should these be necessary.

C J Uden & Co was taken over by ADV(UK) Ltd in 2004.

ADV (UK) Ltd ( incorporating C J Uden & Co)  was formed in December 1999 by its two Directors Tony White and Dan Maybury who having worked in the Construction Industry for approximately 20 years completing their apprentiships and training with Local Building Contracting Companies and going onto form their own companies decided to join forces to consolidate and expand their client base and workforce.

ADV (UK) Ltd ( incorporating C J Uden & Co) carries out works within a wide and varied field of the Construction Industry covering most aspects of residential and commercial work from small maintenance items to large extensions / new build and conversions. Due to its past investment in training and the take over of C J Uden & Co in 2004 the Company is able to undertake works in the more specialist fields of Preservation and Drainage within the Construction Industry including timber treatments for wood boring beetle / wet rot / dry rot , wall tie replacement , damp proofing , tanking , high pressure drain jetting , drain scouring , drain lining and drain surveying. With its ongoing commitment to training the Company hopes to be able to provide as wide and in-house service to its clients as possible whilst retaining its high standards of professionalism.

The companies customer base is as wide and varied as the work it undertakes with Local Councils , Housing Associations , Architects , Surveyors , Structural Engineers , Companies and Private individuals a large majority of which are repeat customers forming the main core.

ADV (UK) Ltd  remains solely owned by the two Directors who are committed to ensuring that their customers receive a professional , high standard and competitively priced service.

                                          
ADV (UK) Ltd ( incorporating C J Uden & Co) are pleased that they have been recognised as an Investor in People after achieving the required standard.  This achievement formally recognises our commitment to training and development and we look forward to the benefits that improved people performance delivers. 

Tony White says “as a company we are fully committed to developing work force skills in order to achieve our wider business aims and provide clients with a high level service and achieve full customer satisfaction.  We have used the Investors in People planning process to organise our training and development programme so that it delivers focused, up-to-date skills to our operatives which will be a major factor in driving our future success and providing our clients with the service they rightly expect”. 

Ruth Spellmat, Chief Executive of Investors in People UK “putting people development at the heart of every function is the most effective decision a business can make.  Employees are central to business success so it is vital for staff to be skilled, flexible and motivated.  This can best be achieved through planned and consistent training and development.  The Investors in People frame work ensures that if you look after the inputs the outputs will look after themselves and clients will be fully satisfied”. 

Research conducted amongst recognised Investors in People organisations has shown that 80% have increased levels of customer satisfaction and 70% have been more competitive and increased productivity. 

ADV (UK) Ltd ( incorporating C J Uden & Co) are pleased to be able to be looking forward to the future of both the company, its employees and most importantly of all its customers.
 

"Thank you for sending two excellent engineers they were very considerate and helpful and left everything back to normal."

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for providing a prompt, reliable and professional service that we were extremely satisfied with."                                                   

''We consider ourselves very fortunate to have had your Company build our extension , both because of the quality of the work done , and the fact that care and concern went into ensuring that disruption to us was minimized and we were happy with everything. We are now enjoying all our extra space , so thankyou again.''

CJ & ML Howard