How digitalisation is reshaping housebuilding
David Lowe, chief executive officer at engineering surveyor Survey Solutions, explores how digitalisation is transforming the role of survey data in housebuilding
How do we build quickly without repeating the mistakes of the past?
As the drive for social and council housing accelerates, H+H UK’s managing director Calum Forsyth argues that speed and quality do not have to be mutually exclusive
Why the biggest risk to delivering 1.5 million homes is not planning
The constraint on housing delivery is not just planning but the technical capacity to build, according to Ross Constant, group head of technical at Allison Homes
More land will not deliver more homes without more buyers
Planning reform is beginning to widen the pipeline, but low sales rates and accumulated costs are making housebuilders more cautious about what they buy and build says Ian Barnett, group land and development director at estate agency group LRG
How the 21st century new town will integrate industry and residential
Successful new towns should no longer separate new homes and industry but seamlessly connect them, says Nick Diment, director, head of Boyer London & south east
What reorganisation means for housebuilding
Bringing planning, highways and infrastructure together could improve delivery, says Stuart Crickett, director of Boyer. But the transition will demand clarity
From beauty to design quality
The draft NPPF moves away from subjective taste and towards clearer tools for better places, says Glen Richardson, associate partner at Carter Jonas
Building for light
Achieving compliant, high-quality daylight is now a key design driver, directly influencing massing, layout, efficiency and planning success. MEC Consulting Group's Humza Ahmed explains
Turning regulation into revenue
While mandates for solar panels and EV chargers may seem like another burden for housebuilders, they could become the foundation for entirely new revenue streams, says Cris Chapman, Sevadis' md
Construction's skills gap has an obvious solution: tradeswomen
There is a talent pool that the industry is overlooking in the quest to alleviate the skills shortage, says Anna Moynihan, co-founder of TaskHer
