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The Reil agenda

[MMC-IMG=1821-A=Left] Frank Reil wants to make David McLean Homes one of the top 12 housebuilders in the country. He talks to Steve Menary about recent acquisitions, plans for the future and the gamble he took joining the firm five years ago

Pump up the volume

[MMC-IMG=1819-A=Left] Nigel Fee is due to take over as Westbury’s chief executive in a couple of months, and he has big ideas for the plc. He tells Steve Menary of his plans to grow volumes over the next five years, expand operations, improve production e

Top 25

<table width=100%><tr><td>[MMC-IMG=1818-A=Left] </td><td>Britain’s top 25 housebuilders between them build no more than 100,000 homes a year, more than 70% of which are on brownfield sites. These companies directly employ more than 37,500 people and indir

Getting nowhere fast

Detailed research on the planning system, carried out for this year’s Housing Market Intelligence Report, reveals that "tricky" planning applications are being rejected, driving housebuilders onto a "reject and resubmit" planning merry-go-round. Brian Gre

Rapid rising

The acquisition of Country && Metropolitan has projected Gladedale closer to its target of building more than 6,000 homes a year. Steve Menary talks to founder Remo Dipre and md David Gaffney about how it all started and where the company is heading

Smooth scaling

Brian Green looks at how Britain’s biggest housebuilders performed in 2004, assessing how they have adapted to the onset of more challenging market conditions and that impact this may have on the structure of the industry in coming years

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Don’t mess up

[MMC-IMG=1805-A=Left] Peter Nelson, md of the land and property division of Cofton, which buys, remediates and sells on contaminated sites, offers his perspective on project challenges

Keeping it clean

[MMC-IMG=1804-A=Left] Susan Hawker and Philip Matthews at commercial law firm Wedlake Bell explain the implications of a recent High Court case, which exposes developers to liability for contamination caused by others

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