Housing contractors selected for £500m framework

Manchester-based Great Places Housing Group has announced the winners on a new construction and professional services framework, Innovation Chain North West, which is expected to deliver £500m of construction work over the next four years.

The ICNW follows the success of the last framework, which delivered 4,000 new homes with a construction value of £390m. The new framework has been designed in order for Great Places and other housing providers in the North to work collaboratively with construction partners to deliver a wide variety of new housing developments. It will see existing relationships renewed and provide the opportunity for new partnerships to develop with contractors of various sizes and a range of associated services including employer’s agents, architects and engineers.

Peter Bojar, director of development, said: “The framework has been designed to maximise value for money, efficiency and quality as well as provide crucial social value initiatives, including apprenticeships and employment opportunities.

“Over the next four years the new properties we build via the ICNW framework will ensure we continue to make a much needed contribution to housing growth and provide new developments for aspiring home owners and families.”

The companies appointed were as follows:

Contractor Lots

High Value, £4m+, North of England

• Galliford Try
• Lovell Partnership
• Kier living
• Seddon Construction
• Keepmoat
• Forrest
• Bardsley Construction
• ESH Construction

Medium Value, £1.5m–4m, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire, Derbyshire West and Cumbria

• Galliford Try
• Lovell Partnership
• The Casey Group
• Seddon Construction
• Kier Living
• Keepmoat
• RP Tyson
• Forrest

Medium Value, £1.5m-4m, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire East

• Galliford Try
• Lovell Partnership
• Seddon Construction
• Kier Living
• Keepmoat
• Forrest
• Bardsley Construction
• ESH Construction

Low Value, £0–1.5m, Greater Manchester and Merseyside

• Casey Group
• RP Tyson
• John Southworths
• PLP Construction
• ForWorks
• Strategic Team Group

Low Value, £0–1.5m, Cheshire, Derbyshire West and Staffordshire

• Casey Group
• Markden City Homes
• Novus Property Solutions
• ForWorks
• Strategic Team Group

Low Value, £0–1.5m, Lancashire and Cumbria

• Casey Group
• RP Tyson
• PLP Construction
• ForWorks
• Strategic Team Group

 Low Value, £0–1.5m, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire East

• Strategic Team Group

Consultant Lots

Employers Agent, Cost Consultancy and related services

• Wilkinson Cowan Partnership
• Simon Fenton Partnership
• Ridge & Partners
• Poole Dick Associates
• CPC project Services
• AA Projects
• Identity Consult
• Arcus Consulting
• Markhams

Engineering Consultancy

• Carley Daines & Partners
• Alan Johnston Partnership
• Sutcliffe Projects
• Adept Consulting Engineers
• Curtins Consulting
• Capita Property & Infrastructure

Building Surveying

• Arcus Consulting
• Wilkinson Cowan Partnership
• Anderton Gables
• Michael Dyson Associates

Architectural Services

• DK Architects
• Paddock Johnson
• BYA
• Bowker Sadler Partnership
• John McCall Architects
• Brewster Bye Architects
• Michael Hyde Associates
• Pozzoni Architecture

Clerk of Works

• Wilkinson Cowan Partnership
• Amrin Resources
• Aegis Services
• SDA Consulting

Purchasers Agent

• Poole Dick Associates
• Wilkinson Cowan Partnership
• Simon Fenton Partnership
• Markhams
• AA Projects
• CPC Project Services
• The Derek Evans Partnership
• Thornton Firkin

Principal Designer and H&S Advisor

• Wilkinson Cowan Partnership
• Sutcliffe Projects
• Faithful & Gould
• Nicol Thomas
• John McCall Architects
• Thornton Firkin
• Arcus Consulting
• The Derek Evans Partnership
• Simon Fenton Partnership