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.


HCA

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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV 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