Wates and Atkins land places on £1bn housebuilding framework

Wates and Atkins are among the companies awarded places on a £1bn Welsh housebuilding framework.The four-year North and Mid-Wales Residential Construction Framework has been organised by public sector framework provider the Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA). Works for tender include both single and multi-site projects, and community buildings such as libraries, sport centres, retail units and car parks. The WPA has set an indicative target of 2,420 homes to be built through the framework. It is available to be used by local authorities in the region and open to companies that want to employ modern methods of construction, the provider said.The framework has been split geographically into nine main lots, which have each been divided into a further four subcategories based on size of project. These are: schemes containing up to five housing units; 6-15 units; 16-45 units; and 50 units and above. The framework also includes an additional ‘super-lot’ that is comprised of the highest-ranked bidder in each area band and covers projects throughout nine of the geographical areas. The firms appointed to this category have not yet been confirmed.Atkins was awarded places on each of the nine lots. Wates won places on three lots that focus on housebuilding projects in Wrexham, Denbighshire and Flintshire. Welsh-based contractor WRW has also been appointed to all nine lots on the framework.