Scape has announced the seven contractors that will deliver up to £14bn of capital expenditure via its net zero ready construction frameworks
The four-year next generation frameworks will accelerate the delivery of new-build and refurbishment projects of all values between 2021 and 2025.
Each partner will be supported by an extensive local supply chain.
The next generation framework has been carefully designed to enable clients to benefit from industry transformation, with consideration towards digital construction, platform design and modern methods of construction.
With close alignment to the government’s Construction Playbook and a focus on climate action response via the built environment, these frameworks are intended to offer a better way to build and refurbish the public estate, whilst stimulating local economic activity.
Features in the new frameworks include:
- A unique parallel lotting structure, offering a choice of delivery partner while retaining the free early engagement and direct award experience that was pioneered by Scape.
- A new life cycle contract form, ideal for retrofit or new build, supporting clients with energy conservation and the operational efficiency and performance of their assets beyond the construction phase for up to five years. The new feature, which completes the frameworks’ ‘net zero ready’ offer, will help to build and validate a client’s business case for low carbon buildings and address the historic performance gap between design aspiration and in use performance of assets.
- A new commercial model that includes a standard pricing template to provide greater transparency, while contractors will also commit to 19-day (or better) payment terms for their supply chain partners.
- Enhanced tailoring of project KPIs and success criteria for every project, leveraging the Construction Innovation Hub’s Value Toolkit to define success for the client.
- Support from SCAPE’s dedicated framework management team, with performance in delivery measured against market-leading benchmarks for environmental performance, sustainability, social value and the use of local supply chains.
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Adrian Hill, acting deputy managing director at Scape, said: “Construction shapes the world around us and right now the public sector is focussed on creating a better built environment.
“Whether that’s through excellence in sustainability or projects that leave a positive legacy for a local community, this is their goal, and our new frameworks will help them to get there quickly and efficiently.
