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Government picks firms to lead £500m modular crusade

Source: http://www.constructionenquirer.com

The Crown Commercial Service has named its favoured 23 firms to deliver a modular buildings revolution for public sector projects.The line-up includes five major suppliers – Caledonian, Elliott, McAvoy, Portakabin and Wernick – supplemented with 18 SMEs.The new ‘uber’ framework for modular buildings will operate for the next four years and has been carved into seven lots, including design and build of specialist education and healthcare modules as well as other public sector building.It has been developed with a particular focus on education and healthcare, with Lots 1 to 4 focussing exclusively on these sectors over different value bands.Lots 5 to 7 are for the supply of modular building solutions for all other sectors, including housing, defence and commercial and retail.