Fraikin has supplied new delivery and lift trucks to Benchmark Building Supplies.

The vehicles have been supplied on a full-service contract hire agreement, with Fraikin providing all servicing, maintenance and repairs for the new 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz Antos rigids – including the vehicles’ six-weekly safety inspections, annual MOT testing, tyre management and 24/7 roadside assistance.

Benchmark Building Supplies managing director Phillip Brown said: “Fraikin really took the time to look at our specific needs and understand our business. It then tailored a package that really suited us. We wanted a supplier that could help us manage our fleet costs and ensure compliance whilst giving us complete visibility of the vehicles at all times. Fraikin has taken that burden off our shoulders and allowed us to focus on our core business.”

To assist with the loading and unloading of building supplies to sites with difficult access, each of the new vehicles has been specially fitted with lightweight mesh dropsides and a remote-controlled Hiab crane with brick grab. The new trucks will join the company’s fleet of 14 vehicles, which carry out more than 150 deliveries a day, supplying building materials to a customer base of more than 1,200 construction companies of varying sizes.

Benchmark Building Supplies will also benefit from the fleet service provider’s web portal FraikinView, which allows for real-time reporting of possible vehicle defects online, access to the vehicle’s full service history and monitoring of up-to-the-minute progress of vehicle breakdowns. To assist Benchmark Building Supplies optimise its fleet scheduling, the portal also lists planned maintenance work and hosts important vehicle documentation and fleet information to aid compliance.