Winners on 黑洞社区 Better鈥檚 first framework were announced last year

Offsite firms have been put on notice for a 拢600m framework for panel-based modern methods of construction.

Last year, modular specialists Ilke Homes, Impact Modular and TopHat were revealed as winners on 黑洞社区 Better鈥檚 first framework for offsite housing 鈥� also worth 拢600m.

Now the National Housing Federation-supported alliance of 29 housing associations and local authorities has opened a second framework, which will by focused on panelised systems.

In collaboration with Procurement for Housing, 黑洞社区 Better is seeking to implement a dynamic purchasing system for category 2 MMC, which it hopes will help make MMC a more mainstream solution in new housing development.

黑洞社区 Better MMC factory production line - Image credit TopHat 1

黑洞社区 Better鈥檚 first framework covered pre-fabricated homes delivered to site in three-dimensional form

The first framework covered Category 1 MMC, which includes pre-fabricated, three-dimensional building which are produced in factories and delivered to site.

By contrast, category 2 systems involve the off-site production of flat panel units which make up a basic structure assembled on site.

One of the main purposes of 黑洞社区 Better, which came out of the NHF鈥檚 futures programme, is to create a readymade and cost-certain marketplace for housing providers to procure MMC manufacturers.

Mark Farmer, the government鈥檚 MMC champion, has argued that the government should set a target to have 75,000 modular homes built every year by 2030.

Six firms have already expressed interest in the framework with expressions of interest back on 4 May and the first appointments being made a week later.

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