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Taplanes designs and makes great products, however we are only as good as the people who work here. From the people who have been working here for 30 years to our more recent graduate design engineers, our amazing workforce is committed to designing, manufacturing and delivering first class products and customer service.

Directors:

Tracey@Taplanes.co.uk

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Tracey Philips

Non-Executive Director

Eric.kolodner@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Eric Kolodner

Director

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Jon Frewin

Director

Tracey@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Tracey Philips

Non-Executive Director

Eric.kolodner@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Tim Brooksbank

Director

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Jon Frewin

Director

Senior Leadership Team:

Kylie@Taplanes.co.uk

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Kylie To

Business Growth Director
Jasmine@Taplanes.co.uk

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Jasmine Sandford

Head of People and Processes
liz@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Liz Bowering

Finance Manager

Commercial Team:

Nick@Taplanes.co.uk

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Nick Casiero

Head of Projects

Stephen@Taplanes.co.uk

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Stephen Chung

Project Manager
Bharath@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Bharath Vijayakumar

Project Manager
Jenny@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Jenny

Sales Operation Manager
Nikki@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Nikki Gray

Business Development Manager
Adam@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Adam Westwood

Business Development & Marketing Manager
Bharath@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Bharath

Project Manager
Amy@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Amy Barnes

Specification Team Lead
Nikki@Taplanes.co.uk

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Nikki

Business Development Manager
Abin@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Abin Jimmy

Bathroom Design Engineer
Bharath@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Bharath

Project Manager
Amy@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Amy

Design Engineer

Logistics & Admin

Olivia@Taplanes.co.uk

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Olivia Sparnenn-Josh

Office Manager
Rebecca@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Rebecca Beasley

Supply Chain Manager

Steve Denton

Transport Manager

James Robinson

Dispatch

Operations

Tomasz@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Tomasz Woznica

Head of Technical
Arunkumar@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Arun VK

Technical Manager
Tim@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Tim Sippel

DriveWorks Designer

Neil@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Neil

Programme Engineer
Neil@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Neil Murfitt

CNC Programmer
Joe@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Joe Mansbridge

Bathroom Design and Manufacturing Engineer
Arunkumar@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Arun

Design Engineer
George@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

George Nickson

QHSE Manager
Neil@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Neil

Programme Engineer
Tim@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Tim

Design Engineer
Arunkumar@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

James Baxter

Fabrication Manager

John Harrap

Machine Shop Manager
Tim@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Neil

Programme Engineer

Supply Chain:

Rebecca@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Rebecca

Supply Chain Manager
George@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

George

QHSE Manager

FACTORY:

John

Machine Shop Manager

Jimmy

Fabrication Manager

Dave W

Senior Fabricator & Training Leader
Neal@Taplanes.co.uk

01423771645

Neal

Supervisor
Neal@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Neil

Supervisor
Dave.a@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Dave A

Supervisor
Andy@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Andy

Foreman

Dave A

Supervisor

Andy

Foreman

MACHINE SHOP TEAM

FABRICATION TEAM

transport

Steve

Transport Manager

Elvis

Dispatch

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Tomasz Woznica

Technical Manager

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Tim Sippel

Design Engineer

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Amy Barnes

Design Engineer

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Neil Murfitt

CNC Programmer

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Abin Joe Jimmy

Design & Programming

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Abin Joe Jimmy

Design & Programming

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Jennifer Mackenzie

Sales Operation Manager

Jon@Taplanes.co.uk

(012) 345 6789

Abin Joe Jimmy

Design & Programming

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General Information
  Traditional Build GPR Pod Taplanes Pod
Product Cost  £3,000 £2,800 £4,752
Mould Set Up Cost 0 £30,000  0
Minimum Order Quantity (Units) 1 200 1
Per unit cost (Including Overhead) £3,000  £2,950  £4,752 
Installation Cost
Man Days require for Installation 6 4 1
Average UK Man Day Cost  £280  £280  £280 
Crane Cost Per Day 0 £400  0
Total Installation Cost  £1,680  £1,520  £280 
Initial Investment (1st Installation) £4,680  £4,470  £5,032 
 
Shelf Life (Years) 10 8 30
Dismantling Cost (If the product fail or needs redesign)
Man Days require for Dismantling 6 6 1
Average UK Man Day Cost  £280  £280  £280 
Total Dismantling Cost £1,680  £1,680  £280 
Recyclability No  No  Yes
Waste Disposal Fee £100  £100  £                             –   
Total Dismantling Cost £1,780 £1,780 £280 
Assuming the bathroom facilities expected to be in function for 20 Years
10 Years Refurbishment (Assuming 20% increment in 10 years) Traditional Build GPR Pod Taplanes Pod
Dismantling Cost (If the product fail or needs redesign)
Man Days require for Dismentaling 6 6
Average UK Man Day Cost  £336  £336   
Total Dismantling Cost £2,016  £2,016   
Recyclability No  No   
Waste Disposal Fee £120 £120   
Total Dismantling Cost £2,136 £2,136   
Brand New Purchase
Product Cost (New Cost) £3,600  £3,540   
Mould Set Up Cost 0 £              –     
Minimum Order Quantity (Units) 1 1  
Per unit cost (Including Overhead) £3,600  £3,540   
New Installation Cost
Man Days require for Installation 6 4  
Average UK Man Day Cost  £336  £336   
Crane Cost Per Day 0 £        480   
Total Installation Cost  £2,016  £                      1,824   
20 Year Refurbishment – Assume 20% increment in 11th to 20th Years Traditional Build GPR Pod Taplanes Pod
Dismantling Cost (If the product fail or needs redesign)
Man Days require for Dismantling 6 6  
Average UK Man Day Cost  £403  £403   
Total Dismantling Cost £2,419  £2,419   
Recyclability No No  
Waste Disposal Fee £144  £144   
Total Dismantling Cost £2,563  £2,563   
Brand New Purchase
Product Cost  £4,320  £4,248   
Mould Set Up Cost 0 £           –     
Minimum Order Quantity (Units) 1 1  
Per unit cost (Including Overhead) £4,320  £4,248  
New Installation Cost
Man Days require for Installation 6 4  
Average UK Man Day Cost  £403  £403   
Crane Cost Per Day 0 £480   
Total Installation Cost  £2,419  £2,093   
Unit cost + Install cost (total cost) £6,739  £6,341   
Total Investment for having a fully function bathroom facilities      
  Traditional GRP Taplanes
Shelf Life 10 8 30
       
Initial Investment + Installation £4,680  £4,470  £5,032 
10 Years Refurbishment Cost £7,752  £7,500   
20 Years Refurbishment Cost £9,302  £8,904   
       
Total Investment on Bathroom Facilities (Over 20 Years) £21,734  £20,874  £5,032 
Cost per year for having a fully function bathroom facilities £1,087  £1,044  £252 
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