The national framework aims to help Stonewater continuously improve its approach to delivering high-quality homes and communities through new technologies and cost-effective solutions to construction challenges.

The framework will also help Stonewater become more agile and digital, as its teams work to reduce the national housing provider’s carbon footprint across its geographical area.

As part of this, the company has chosen 15 consultants to guide and advise Stonewater throughout the construction process across a wide range of building projects, ensuring high standards of design and sustainability within a reasonable budget.

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The consultants selected include:

• Thornton Firkin LLP
• Taylor Lewis
• Nicol Thomas
• Walker Pritchard Partnership
• Bailey Garner
• Welling Partnership Property and Construction Consultants
• Ridge and Partners LLP
• AECOM
• BWA (Europe)
• Baker Ruff Hannon
• Waldeck 
• Rund 
• RG+P 
• Capita Property and Infrastructure
• Macegreen Consulting

James Bradbury, director of development operations at Stonewater, said: “We are committed to delivering quality, sustainable new homes and places.

“With such a major development programme in the pipeline, it is essential we have an employers agent framework that is fit for purpose so we can most effectively build this volume of homes.

“Having access to suitably qualified construction consultants who share our values will ensure we deliver on our customer promise to build places that people wish to call home.”