Beard has won a place on three major construction frameworks in the South West, to provide essential services for public developments and social infrastructure
As part of the series of major construction frameworks, Turner & Townsend has also been appointed to lead a multi-disciplinary consultancy for Crown Estate Scotland’s Built Development, Coastal and Land Transactions Professional Services Framework.
Construction frameworks simplify complicated procurement processes for public sector organisations, by connecting them with the region’s top contractors who have completed a rigorous pre-approval process.
Southern Construction Framework (SCF) launches in May
Southern Construction Framework (SCF) is launching the 5th generation of its £4.5bn SCF Construct framework on 2 May.
The framework is available to all public bodies in the South West to support public sector construction and development in the region, across all sectors including education, health, local authority, leisure developments.
In addition to SCF’s Construct framework, Beard has also secured a place on the south region of the £2.5bn Ministry of Justice framework and the £300m Fusion 21 Youth Investment Fund (YIF) framework, which provides refurbishment and new buildings for up to 300 youth projects.
Matt Cooper, director at Beard, said: “The ethos which drives the creation of frameworks – the need to ensure the best value, speed, confidence and certainty into the delivery of public-money construction contracts – fits perfectly with Beard’s own principles of creating long-term partnerships and working collaboratively with customers and contractors.
Kingsley Clarke, SCF operations lead, South West said: “We are delighted to welcome Beard to our 5th generation SCF Construct framework. We’re very much looking forward to working with them and their local supply chains on some innovative schemes in the region.”
Tania Silva, YIF framework manager at Fusion21, said: “A total of 25 specialist firms secured a place on the Fusion21 Youth Investment Fund Framework and Beard was successfully appointed to Lot 1 and Lot 2, covering business refurbishment and new build construction. We welcome Beard onto the framework and look forward to working with them.
“The Youth Investment Fund is being delivered by Social Investment Business and we’re proud to be the procurement partner on the scheme. As an organisation we deliver procurement with purpose, creating social value you can see, and the projects delivered through this framework will make a lasting difference to young people and communities across the country.”
Senior framework manager, Marc Bayley added: “These frameworks demonstrate the ambition of the Government’s Construction Playbook to ensure certainty of cost, quality, time and delivery. For Beard, they allow us to demonstrate our 130-year commitment to long-term professional relationships, best value and best practice.”
Turner & Townsend to lead multi-disciplinary team on Crown Estate Scotland transactions framework
The framework will deliver a range of projects across Crown Estate Scotland’s urban, rural, marine and coastal portfolio, ranging from housing, mixed-use units, port infrastructure and recruitment.
It covers capital work programmes over £150,000 in value and major sales and purchases of property, land and assets with a capital value over £350,000.
Turner & Townsend will lead a consultancy team that collectively provides end-to-end support across Crown Estate’s strategy. The team includes CBRE and Bell Ingram, who will be providing surveying (specifically rural surveying in the case of Bell Ingram), valuations and negotiations services. Meanwhile, Iceni will provide Planning Consultancy services, supported by Blackhall & Powis who will be advising on offshore and renewable planning matters.
The framework will run for three years to 2026, with the option of extending for up to two years.
James Darrie, director for Real Estate, Scotland, at Turner & Townsend commented: “Our experience in managing urban development programmes, as well as coastal and port infrastructure, across Scotland and the UK makes us well-placed to help Crown Estate Scotland deliver its strategic objectives as it looks to target investment where it will best support Scottish communities and businesses.
“We are looking forward to working closely with this team of highly experienced consultants, bringing each firm’s specific expertise to bear, to strengthen Crown Estate Scotland’s sustainable use of property and natural resources”
Oster Milambo, director of Property at Crown Estate Scotland, commented: “This framework is crucially important to Crown Estate Scotland’s work in the coming years. We look forward to working with Turner and Townsend and the wider multi-disciplinary consultancy team to deliver it successfully to help create great places & lasting value for the people of Scotland.”
Turner & Townsend appoints two new hires to its UK digital business
Turner & Townsend has also recently appointed Dr Ade Awonaike and Christopher Frost, as it continues to expand its digital and data-led services for clients.
Dr Awonaike joins as director of Data and Analytics in the company’s real estate team and Frost is appointed as director of Data and Analytics to support infrastructure clients.
Dr Awonaike has previously worked for some of the UK’s leading property and infrastructure companies including Legal & General, Thames Water and Southern Water. In 2022 he was included in DataIQ’s top 100 influential data and analytics practitioners.
Frost joins from EY, where he served as Data and Technology Lead for Enterprise Risk Management.
Commenting on both appointments, Nathan Marsh, chief digital officer, said: “We are delighted to welcome Ade and Christopher to our digital team. Both are highly-skilled, passionate and experienced data leaders who are enormously valuable additions to our industry-leading offer.
“At a time where our sector is looking for new ways to improve efficiency and do more with less, data and digitalisation are essential to this transition. I look forward to working with Ade and Christopher to drive value and transform programme performance for our real estate and infrastructure clients.”
Dr Ade Awonaike, said: “I am hugely excited to be joining a business that takes such a leading and proactive role in promoting digitalisation to deliver better outcomes for its clients. There is a great opportunity to create a data-driven culture across the sector ensuring that data is seen as a strategic asset and integrated into all aspects of decision-making processes.”
Christopher Frost added: “Data and digital systems are now integral to driving performance and delivery of major infrastructure programmes. I am delighted to join Turner & Townsend’s digital team and look forward to helping develop and nurture a strong and diverse team of data professionals.”
