Pictured above: The Mansell houses in Broadway

Construction services company Mansell is carrying out two contracts worth £3.6m to build environmentally sustainable houses in the Cotswolds.

Mansell's Stourbridge-based Western Region has been awarded a contract to build 29 timber-framed homes in Philipscote, Evesham and has built a further 12 in Broadway. 

The contracts are being carried out for the Rooftop Housing Group in partnership with the Homes and Communities Agency and Wychavon District Council through Matrix Housing Partnership.

The work in Evesham involves the construction of seven houses, 10 bungalows for the elderly and 12 flats using timber-framed construction. The homes use environmentally sound and sustainable materials from managed sources.

The Broadway project involved 12 two-storey affordable homes on part of a car park owned by Wychavon District Council. They are clad in natural stone with timber windows and a Cotswold slate roof.

The housing association organised VIP visits to the sites, which included Paul Spooner, the Homes and Communities Agency regional director for the North and West Midlands.

In addition to these two contracts, Mansell has agreed a half million pound contract to build five new bungalows in Badsey near Evesham for the Evesham and Pershore Housing Association.

Mansell Western Region manager of Partnership Housing, Simon Liversage said the firm was delighted to have secured the contracts.

"Our team takes environmental issues very seriously. We see it as a major responsibility to work in a sustainable way that focuses on communities, construction, stewardship, climate change and resource efficiency, and that is ingrained into the Mansell culture," he said.