The framework, which will run for the next four years, can be used for the development of new build housing projects including traditional housing (houses, bungalows, flats, and apartments), care homes and supported living and student accommodation as well as refurbishment, conversion, and extension projects to residential properties. The framework can also be used for Development Agreements.

Clark Contracts has been appointed to the following workstreams of the framework, across all five regional lots across Scotland:

• Low Rise Housing up to 11m in floor height
• Construction of Independent, Assisted and Residential Care Housing
• Medium Rise Developments with Floor Heights between 11m and 30m
• Refurbishment, Conversions, Extension and Adaptations

The framework supports a focus on creating net zero buildings, bringing environmental benefits at a local level, and improving the lives of communities.

Gordon Cunningham, managing director at Clark Contracts, said: “Having delivered over £70m of residential projects within the last three years, including supported living complexes, care homes, residential apartments and major student accommodation developments, we are delighted to have secured a place on this major framework.”

Dean Fazackerley, head of technical procurement at LHC, added: “The new H2 framework will help to meet the ongoing housing challenges within the public sector, balancing the need to meet local housing demand and the essential drive to move towards the production of zero carbon homes.

“There is a growing demand for frameworks like this that are responsive to ongoing housing challenges within the public sector, while also prioritising the importance of the wider societal benefits that can be achieved through creating healthier environments that embody social, human, and environmental considerations.”