Features

Interbuild 2009

Interbuild, the building show comes to Birmingham a little earlier this year. Suzie Mayes looks at what the very-long running event has to offer everyone invol…

Forum facts

The Housing Forum found out what housing challenges different UK regions face, through a series of workshops over the summer. Shelagh Grant, chief executive of…

Development of the month: Life’s a beach

Barratt went against the downturn to produce Honeycombe Beach, a development that benefits from a beach, Wayne Hemingway and some goats. Steve Menary reports

OSMosis

Rick Burgess (pictured) of PRP Architects argues that a failure to embrace off-site manufacture (OSM) will mean a failure to meet housing delivery targets. A r…

BRITAIN’S BIGGEST HOUSEBUILDERS

Get your aircut

When making a dwelling airtight to prevent air leakage, it is important to also provide adequate ventilation: build tight – ventilate right

Variety club

The NHBC Foundation’s latest publication is a pioneering global research report that sets out international aims, aspirations and achievements of sustainabilit…

Community test

Conservative party proposals to shift the emphasis of planning to local communities are worrying housebuilders. But they can work, argues Mike Hardware of Ch…

When 2+2=5

Bill Mackie of Cripps Harries Hall reviews a recent and important dispute on the calculation of land value

THE EXPERTS ANALYSE THE INDUSTRY

Housebuilder asked a series of experts to carry out a SWOT analysis on the housebuilding industry to crystallise their views of how they see the market today. …