CFSW News Page
CFSW’s total turnover in the first ten months of operation
is in excess of £170 million over 32 projects.
Morgan Sindell (formerly Morgan Ashurst) started work on the site of Damascus
& Emmaus House19th April 2010, due to finish July 2011. The £5.15
million social housing project combines demolition, new build and refurbishment
to a Grade II listed building for Westlea Housing Association in Salisbury.
The first CFSW project to leave the drawing board, three are now currently
on site with a further six projects due to start on site by August.
OGC spells out challenges and opportunities for the region
The Government Office for Commerce along with colleagues from regional development
agencies met with CFSW framework stakeholders in May and presented a view
of the road ahead and the efficiency savings drive by central government.
CFSW Framework Managers, public body Users and Consultants came together
to hear, among others, Phil Heenan from the Office of Governemnt Commerce
talk about how the OGC can support cost effective construction procurement.
With impending government cut-backs the message from the OGC was clear –
construction projects need to be cost, time and quality effective to be
viable.
Left to Right: Andrew Butt, OGC, Keith Heard, IESE, James Prestidge & Phil Heenan OGC, Richard Buzzacott & Robert Lillicrap, CFSW, Jim Price SW Regional Development Agency, Edward Currie, IESE.
Keith Heard (Improvement & Efficiency South East) explained the massive
savings and efficiencies that have been made in the South East through framework
procurement. In the current economic climate he said it was noticeable that
litigation is rising in traditionally tendered projects while there have
been no cases of litigation at all in South East framework tendered projects.
Builders’ consortium wins new-build multi-use library
Builders Consortium South West has been awarded a pre-construction agreement
for Cullompton New Library in Devon. Builders Consortium South West comprise
four local contractors who have combined forces to compete for major projects
across the South West region. More than a library, the building is being
designed as a managed workspace to serve the local community and flexible
working facilities for local public sector workers. The building will incorporate
renewable heating technology and be as energy efficient as possible.
CFSW
The eleven provider organisations, which are a mixture of small to large
local, regional and national firms, are:
BAM Construction Ltd
EW Beard Ltd
Builders Consortium South West, which is a consortium made up of ER Hemmings
(Building) Ltd, Pearce Construction (Barnstaple) Ltd, RJ Leighfield &
Son Ltd, and CS Williams (Taunton) Ltd.
Interserve Project services Ltd
ISG Pearce Ltd
Kier Regional Ltd
Mansell Construction Services Ltd
Midas Construction Ltd
Morgan Sindell plc
ROK Building Ltd
Wates Construction Ltd
The eleven were selected from an original group of over 40 applicants from which 25 were invited to tender.
Construction Framework South West is an actively managed framework with
financial support from the South West Regional Improvement and Efficiency
Partnership (SW RIEP).
