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We've twigged

Dec. 1, 2005

Timber frame has a long way to go in England and Wales to match the volumes of the brick and block industry. But Andrew Leech finds that housebuilders and manufacturers are raring to go

It’s a wrap

Dec. 1, 2005

Insulation manufacturers are confident they can help an industry still getting to grips with Part E insulation standards and tougher Part L regulations coming into effect next April. Tim Palmer reports

Ward winner

Dec. 1, 2005

Steve Menary visits Tower View in Glasgow, the historic Hawkshead asylum, which Miller Homes has painstakingly transformed into an award winning apartment complex

Cost of consent

Dec. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=2046-A=Left] Councillors’ power to refuse planning consent on a political whim is a costly problem which must be addressed

Consult && construct

Dec. 1, 2005

While few housebuilders would admit to a mission statement that is not based on a customer care ethos, few would expect to find the term bandied around by building control inspectors. But times are changing, reports Satvinder Sahota, and NHBC is taking a

Miller homes in

Dec. 1, 2005

Miller’s purchase of Fairclough has boosted its building programme across a number of regions, reports Steve Menary in our exclusive quarterly survey, while Barratt is upping the ante in London and the south east

The Walrus

Dec. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=2031-A=Left] The industry is unlikely to be sending many "trans man" and "trans woman" delegates to the mayor of London’s housing conference

Happy New Year

Dec. 1, 2005