News

Cornwall Council is set to announce an extension to its modular housing initiative to help tackle Cornwall’s housing crisis. 

Up to 30 two and three-bedroom homes, across several sites, will be built as part of a new partnership with South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) and Constructing Modern Methods. 

Housing contractors and manufacturers are being sought to help shape a multi-million-pound framework launching later this year to deliver MMC homes including net carbon zero homes.  

LHC – the central hub for SWPA, is procuring the Modern Methods of Construction of New Homes (NH3) framework, in a bid to address new housing challenges in the sector.

We wanted to highlight an upcoming compliance for 2022 – to apply the new UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) product safety marking. This replaces EU safety labelling system – for example the CE marking that you will be familiar with. This change was supposed to have taken place on the 1st January 2022.

Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter, we have put together some upcoming events and a round up of some of our news stories that you may have missed from the last few months!

The Supply of Kitchen Units and Worktops (K7) framework from LHC, the contracting authority for SWPA, will cover all public sector projects in the South West region.

It will allow local authorities and social landlords to deliver complete kitchen services including cabinets, worktops and associated products, such as energy rated appliances and impaired mobility options.

PVC-U and timber window and door manufacturers, suppliers and installers are being sought for a new four-year framework for public sector projects.

The Windows and Doors framework (WD2) from SWPA allows local authorities, social landlords and other public sector bodies to source PVC-U and timber products and end-to-end design services for both residential and non-residential projects.

We very much hope you can join us at our Construction Summit this year. We have an exciting lineup of speakers who will bring their expertise and experience to the following important topics.

The theme for this year’s Black History Month is Proud to Be; at SWPA we can’t think of a better message to get behind. On a personal level we hope that our colleagues, partners, customers, and suppliers all feel proud of who they are and their heritage – and that they can express it in the inclusive environment we strive for as part of LHC.

As we are all aware social value is a wide-ranging topic which has become more prevalent in the public sector since the inception of the Social Value Act (2012). The squeeze on public sector budgets has exacerbated the need for social value to help generate the desired value for money outcomes.

The Public Buildings Construction and Infrastructure (PB3) framework from LHC, the contracting authority for SWPA, allows local authorities, social landlords and other public sector bodies to source contractors for works relating to the construction and refurbishment of educational, healthcare, emergency service and community buildings.