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Dishing the dirt

[MMC-IMG=1806-A=Left] Clive Barnwell, director of land remediation specialist Vertase, offers some advice on how housebuilders can benefit from carefully planned programmes

Dirty minded

As housebuilders focus on brownfield sites to provide development opportunities, the challenges and legal complexities of remediation have come to the fore. Tim Palmer considers the issues, while experts from remediation specialists <a href="/articles/art

Biomassive

[MMC-IMG=1798-A=Left] In line with this month’s sustainability focus, Steve Menary visits Titanic Mills, Lowry Renaissance’s mill redevelopment in Huddersfield, which has a number of features designed in association with consultant Energy for Sustainable

The Walrus

[MMC-IMG=1797-A=Left] Information on the new Part L has been leaked through The Guardian newspaper – perhaps Part F will be announced in The Beano?

Mind the gap

A study for local authorities in the south east has identified an £8 billion infrastructure funding shortfall in the region. Mark Smulian considers the problem of how the gap might be plugged, as councils threaten to derail the government’s housing growth

Build on this

[MMC-IMG=1794-A=Left] Will Howie is intrigued by Policy Exchange’s latest report on the supply of land for housing, which argues that the planning system is having a detrimental effect on living conditions

Everyone's a winner

How do you build a sense of community in new schemes? Melissa Blamey reports on the theme of this year’s Housing Design Awards, and the developments that included ping pong tables and winter gardens designed to help residents bond

Getting HIP

[MMC-IMG=1791-A=Left] Home Information Packs are due to be introduced in 2007. Robin Grove, head of residential development at law firm Manches LLP, questions whether they are a cost, danger or opportunity and why developers need to think about these issu

Land grab

[MMC-IMG=1778-A=Left] Steve Menary provides a snapshot of who’s building where in our exclusive quarterly survey, which shows the influence of three recent acquisitions – by Lend Lease, David McLean and Kier – on regional top ten tables

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