{"id":603955,"date":"2023-02-02T19:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T01:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/02\/kier-and-laing-orourke-among-10bn-offsite-framework-winners\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T01:49:18","slug":"kier-and-laing-orourke-among-10bn-offsite-framework-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/02\/kier-and-laing-orourke-among-10bn-offsite-framework-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Kier and Laing O\u2019Rourke among \u00a310bn offsite framework winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/Offsite_1-1024x683.jpg\"   alt=\"Offsite_1-1024x683.jpg\">        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Twenty-nine firms have been named on a \u00a310bn offsite framework to help deliver more social housing, new schools and hospital extensions.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The four-year framework, for all public bodies, features six lots covering education, health, residential, justice, defence, and \u2018thermal efficiency upgrades\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Among the most high-profile winners are Kier, in partnership with McAvoy and Metek, and Laing O\u2019Rourke. Eighteen of the 29 suppliers are SMEs. Other winners include Bowmer + Kirkland, Zed Pods and Beattie Passive.<\/p>\n<p>The Offsite Construction Solutions (RM6184) framework replaces the Crown Commercial Service\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowncommercial.gov.uk\/agreements\/RM6014\">Modular Buildings Agreement<\/a>, which ends in April.<\/p>\n<p>The new agreement is part of a bid to help public-sector bodies build more efficiently and reach net-zero targets.<\/p>\n<p>The move towards adopting modern methods of construction (MMC) on public-sector projects ties in the with the government\u2019s Construction Playbook, which was updated last September with a guidance note on MMC.<\/p>\n<p>The new framework includes pre-manufactured 3D and 2D primary structural systems, as well as panellised external building retrofits.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A \u2018Thermal Efficiency Upgrades\u2019 lot has been added to the new framework to help retrofit public properties with energy-saving systems.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Crown Commercial Service deputy director of construction John Welch said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new framework will support the public sector in the design, delivery and commissioning of a whole range of offsite construction projects in the coming years, including social housing, new schools and hospital extensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese projects, and the many more which will come, have the potential to improve services and the lives of millions of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To download a full list of all the winners see the Related Files link below.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Related articles<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/tech\/offsite-mmc\/kier-and-laing-orourke-among-10bn-offsite-framework-winners-02-02-2023\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n James Wilmore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-nine firms have been named on a \u00a310bn offsite framework to help deliver more social housing, new schools and hospital extensions.\u00a0 The four-year framework, for all public bodies, features six lots covering education, health, residential, justice, defence, and \u2018thermal efficiency upgrades\u2019. Among the most high-profile winners are Kier, in partnership with McAvoy and Metek, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100319,1732],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-603955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-laing","8":"category-orourke"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}