Three cheers for Christine Lagarde
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS, welcomes the contribution of the French md of the International Monetary Fund to the debate on UK housing supply<br /><br />
Aiming for certainty
In 2009, the AIMC4 consortium was formed to deliver low cost Code level four homes through the fabric. Suzie Mayes attended the End of Project conference to find out what the partnership learned from the experience
Zero Heroes
On the back of recent announcements about the zero carbon homes policy, Suzie Mayes visits Vista, a zero carbon homes scheme initiated by the previous government's Carbon Challenge programme. And on pages 24-25 she finds out about the learnings from another prominent low carbon project, AIMC4<br /><br />
Team building
Over the past 18 months the housebuilding industry has seen a genuine return of confidence to the sector as builders strive to meet the growing demand for new, quality homes that the country desperately needs. Ian Davis, operations director, explains how NHBC is helping to support the industry with the launch of its biggest recruitment campaign in 30 years
Put a sock in it
New research from NHBC shows a marked reduction in the number of noise complaints by owners of new homes since Part E was revised in 2003. Housebuilder gets the story behind the figures
Housebuilder Brain Game raises 200,000 GBP for charity
Heatrae Sadia beat 56 teams to take the 2014 Housebuilder Brain Game trophy, but the real winner was Marie Curie Cancer Care. Housebuilder reports
Profit, planet and people
Lend Lease intends to build more than 1,000 homes a year from 2017 - five times what it delivered last year. Ben Roskrow talks to the firm's head of residential, Richard Cook, about his ambitious growth plans
Sizing up the market
The task of increasing output must be taken on by housebuilders of all sizes. But for small to medium sized firms this is not so easy. Suzie Mayes looks at the challenges that SMEs face to building more homes and growing their business
Game on
The Olympic Village, home to 17,000 athletes and officials during London 2012, is now seeing the first of hundreds of new residents at E20 – East Village, right next to the Olympic stadium. NHBC's special projects building inspector Ian Pugh, working on the site since 2008, explains the various challenges this legacy scheme has presented over the years
Marvellous City
At the end of last year, Mar City changed from housing contractor to pure housebuilder. Suzie Mayes speaks to ceo Tony Ryan who plans to make his mark in the industry with quality modular building for the lower end of the market
