House Building policy, regulation, planning, technology, product features

Local Homes for Local People

Oct. 1, 2010 Feature

Mark Smulian talks to housebuilders, planning consultancies and local councillors about the effect of the new localism policy and the potential opportunities and pitfalls for the industry.

Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, says that the government’s radical localism measures will hit housebuilders hard and no-one will benefit – not even consultancies such as his own

Know your code

Sept. 1, 2010 Feature

Noel Hunter, new chairman of the Consumer Code body, explains why home builders need to get up to speed on the Consumer Code for Homebuilders which launched in April.

Taking the temperature of the industry

Sept. 1, 2010 Feature

Following last year’s fascinating SWOT analysis of the industry, Housebuilder has repeated the exercise to find out how housebuilders, commentators and suppliers see the outlook today. Things have changed somewhat in the past 12 months as the overall results show on this page. In the following pages we present the experts’ views on the market and their highest ranked Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.

30 years of Pride

July 1, 2010 Feature

This year, NHBC celebrates 30 years of its Pride in the Job Awards, recognising the excellent work of site managers. Housebuilder looks back at the history of the competition and why the industry is so keen to win it

Survivor’s story

July 1, 2010 Feature

Tonbridge-based Millwood Designer Homes held on tight during the recession and did not stop building. Suzie Mayes speaks to md John Elliott about the company and its resilience as a smaller housebuilder

HAPPI talk

July 1, 2010 Feature

A recent report has revealed an absence of middle level retirement ousing. Roger Battersby, md of PRP Architects, explains that the UK should look to European examples to plug the gap

Safety crackers

June 1, 2010 Feature

The industry’s first health and safety awards courtesy of NHBC, were held in May. We take a look at the importance of health and safety in tough times and who won the gongs

Housing Design Awards snapshot

June 1, 2010 Feature

Some of the best plans and projects will be recognised in this year’s Housing Design Awards. Design for Homes chief executive David Birkbeck gives a sneak preview of some of the shortlisted schemes

Long termview

June 1, 2010 Feature

Bellway is currently on site at City Peninsula, part of a major regeneration project for Greenwich, south east London. Suzie Mayes looks at a scheme that sold off-plan during a very grim time for housebuilding

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