黑洞社区 Better and Procurement for Housing鈥檚 four-year framework aims to boost the use of MMC in sector

A National Housing Federation-backed framework has appointed 20 traditional construction companies and two MMC firms to help increase the delivery of social housing through modern methods of construction.

黑洞社区 Better, an alliance of 30 housing associations and local authorities backed by the National Housing Federation, along with the social housing procurement consortium Procurement for Housing (PfH), has appointed these 22 firms to an 拢800m framework that will run for four years.

There will be an option to extend the framework for a further two years.

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The framework will run for four years

PfH and 黑洞社区 Better created this integrated framework, combining traditional and MMC construction, based on feedback from social housing organisations.

Social housing providers said they wanted trusted local building firms to lead MMC projects and deliver traditional construction elements as needed.

黑洞社区 Better was established in 2018 under the National Housing Federation鈥檚 Greenhouse innovation programme.

In February, 黑洞社区 Better and PfH put a call out for contractors to apply to join the framework.

Firms from across 37 different regions of England and Wales have been appointed, ensuring that housing associations and local authorities can work with contractors from their own communities.

The framework is split into two lots. Lot one provides principal construction services for smaller sites of up to 30 units, including small infill sites, housing and low-rise apartments of up to 11 metres.

Lot two provides principal construction services for larger sites of over 30 units, including medium high-rise developments over 11 metres, apartments, housing and extra care homes.

The full list of contractors appointed:

  1. A & E Elkins Ltd (trading as Elkins Construction)
  2. Agile Property and Homes
  3. AMMCASS Group Ltd
  4. Bugler Developments Ltd
  5. CG Fry & Son
  6. Classic Builders Ltd
  7. Enevate Homes
  8. Ermine Construction Services Ltd
  9. Feltham Construction Ltd
  10. Hale Group
  11. Hill Holdings Ltd
  12. J. Harper & Sons (Leominster) Ltd
  13. Keon Homes
  14. Langstone Construction Ltd
  15. LIFE Build Solutions Ltd
  16. MY Construction Group
  17. Seddon Construction Ltd
  18. SMD Ltd
  19. Snowdon Homes Ltd
  20. Wates Residential
  21. Whitfield & Brown
  22. Wiggett Construction Ltd

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