Wates, Laing O'Rourke and Seddon among raft of building firms to win places on framework to build homes on public land
A raft of building firms have won places on a government framework to build homes on public land, in a move that could see a widespread shift of contractors into the housing sector.
The Homes and Communities Agency today confirmed that contractors including Wates, Laing O’Rourke, Seddon, Leadbitter, Skanska, Bouygues, Kier, Carillion, and Mace had won places alongside traditional house builders to construct new homes as part of its 'delivery partner panel'.
Barratt, Taylor Wimpey, Crest Nicholson and Countryside Properties are among housebuilders to also sit on the panel, as well as mixed use developers such as Lend Lease.
The panel has been set up to procure homes for the Public Land Initiative, a pilot project that involves 1,250 homes being built on land owned by the HCA.
Once the concept is proved it is expected that councils and other public land owners will be able to use the framework to quickly procure partners to build homes.
The HCA expects partners to share the development and sales risks and returns with the public sector, in exchamge for access to public land.
The framework is split into three regions – northern, central and southern – and public agencies will have to sign up to a letter of agreement with the HCA and a separate framework contract to use the panel of builders.
Eamonn Boylan, director of new ventures and partnerships at the HCA, said the panel will help speed up the procurement process for public sector agencies.
He said: “This panel supports our aim of encouraging new entrants into the housing market.
"Several construction firms have been successful, many bringing with them experience of the planning system and of partnerships with the public sector through ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Schools for the Future and the health sector's LIFT programme, for example."
Full list of companies on HCA's delivery partner panel
Northern region framework
Ardmore First Base Partnership
Barratt Developments Plc
Carillion Igloo Consortium
Cecil M Yuill Ltd
Countryside Properties (UK) Ltd
Galliford Try Plc
Gentoo Group Ltd
Great Places Housing Group
Headcrown Group Plc
Keepmoat Ltd
Laing O'Rourke Construction Limited
Lend Lease Europe Holdings Ltd
Lovell Partnerships
Miller Homes Ltd
Seddon Group Limited
Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd
Wates Construction Ltd
Central region framework
Barratt Developments Plc
Bouygues UK Ltd
Carillion Igloo Consortium
Crest Nicholson Operations Limited
Family Mosaic Home Ownership Limited
Galliford Try Plc
Hadley Mace Limited (Consortium)
J B Leadbitter & Co Ltd
Keepmoat Ltd
Kier Group plc
Laing O'Rourke Construction Limited
Lend Lease Europe Holdings Ltd
Persimmon Homes Ltd
Rok ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Ltd
Skanska Construction UK Ltd
Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd
Wates Construction Ltd
William Davis Limited
Southern region framework
Ardmore First Base Partnership
Barratt Developments Plc
Bouygues UK Ltd
Carillion Igloo Consortium
Countryside Properties (UK) Ltd
Crest Nicholson Operations Limited
Family Mosaic Home Ownership Limited
Galliford Try Plc
Hadley Mace Limited (consortium)
J B Leadbitter & Co Ltd
Kier Group plc
Laing O'Rourke Construction Limited
Lovell Partnerships Ltd
Mi-Space (UK) Ltd
Skanska Construction UK Ltd
Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd
Wates Construction Ltd
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