Contractors and consultants have been selected for JV North's £560 million homebuilding framework.

The consortium, which has 13 members made up of housing associations and local authorities, tendered the four-year framework in April.

Members include Bury Council, Johnnie Johnson Housing, One Manchester, Peaks and Plains Housing Trust, Muir Group, Plus Dane Housing, Sovini, Stockport Homes, Stockport Council, Torus, Trafford Housing Trust, Weaver Vale Housing Trust and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group.

The framework will help JV North build in the region of 4,000 homes between 2021 and 2025.

A total of 24 contractors were appointed to bands valued at £1 to £4 million, £4 to £10 million and £10 million and over.

ENGIE Regeneration, United Living (North), Lovell Partnerships, Rowlinson, Seddon Construction, Anwyl Partnerships and Vistry Partnerships have been chosen for the £10 million and over category.

The £4 to £10 million band has seen United Living (North), ENGIE Regeneration, Crossfield Group, The Casey Group, Seddon Construction, Whitfield & Brown (Developments), Termrim Construction and Penny Lane Builders appointed.


J Greenwood (Builders), John Southworth Builders, The Casey Group, Crossfield Group, Whitfield & Brown (Developments), RP Tyson Construction, Termrim Construction, HMS and Wiggett Construction Group have been selected to the £1 to £4 million band.

Professional services companies have been appointed to nine different lots to help JV North members design, build, rent and sell homes.

John McCall Architects, Halsall Lloyd, BTB Architects, Levitt Bernstein Associates, LJ Architects, PRP, BYA, Paddock Johnson Partnership, Pozzoni Architecture and Jennings Design Associates were chosen for the architecture lot.

Eight employers agents were appointed: AA Projects, Neo Projects, Wilkinson Cowan Partnership, Poole Dick Associates, Identity Consult, Markhams, Anderton Gables and Simon Fenton Partnership.

Purchaser agents AA Projects, Simon Fenton Partnership, Markhams, Neo Projects and Arcus Consulting were chosen.

The principal designer lot has Poole Dick Associates, RJD Associates (North West), WhiteleyEaves, Markhams, AA Projects, Arcus Consulting, Sutcliffe Projects and BYA.

Four structural engineers were selected: Shape Consulting Engineers, Curtins Consulting, Sutcliffe Projects and Dice Consulting Engineers.

Mechanical and electrical engineers Davies Partnership, Troup Bywaters + Anders, ECS Consultants and Hulley & Kirkwood Consulting Engineers were appointed.

Aspin and Company was selected to the valuers lot while planning consultants DPP One, Iceni Projects, Pegasus Planning Group and Tetra Tech were appointed.

Six clerk of works were chosen: Wilkinson Cowan Partnership, Arcus Consulting, Capita Property and Infrastructure, LB Partners, Rider Levett Bucknall and Waldeck Associates.