House Building policy, regulation, planning, technology, product features

Feet first

June 1, 2007 Feature

Energy efficient and sound resistant flooring systems are the order of the day. Tim Palmer discovers how suppliers are meeting the needs of the modern housebuilder

Health check

June 1, 2007 Feature

The corporate agenda must fully embrace health and safety recommends Simon Mancle, who oversees NHBC’s audit and accreditation scheme aimed at reducing on-site accidents

The London Olympics almost scuppered Telford’s colourful Icona scheme as the site in Stratford narrowly escaped a compulsory purchase order. It took some creative thinking to resolve the issue, Steve Menary discovers

FACE to FACE

June 1, 2007 Feature

Former champion cyclist and new BRE chief executive DR PETER BONFIELD says the research group is well placed to help housebuilders meet today’s challenges

The big takeover

June 1, 2007 Feature

Barratt dominates the housebuilding scene across nine of Britain’s 11 regions, following its March acquisition of Wilson Bowden. Steve Menary reports on the wide-ranging impact of the takeover on the latest quarterly league tables of planning applications

Evolving alliance

June 1, 2007 Feature

Social housing providers and developers must find increasingly innovative ways to work together, advise Duncan Salmon and Peter Stockdale (pictured) of Campbell Hooper Solicitors

Supply & demand

June 1, 2007 Feature

Chris Windle examines why a growing land supply crisis could dent the government’s ability to deliver 200,000 homes a year

Think nationally, act locally

June 1, 2007 Feature

While national politics undergoes a seismic shift this month, the results of the May local elections will also have some major implications for developers across the country. Paul Harvey, Jon Whitehouse and Frank Browne of Green Issues Communications check the score

Planning fatigue

June 1, 2007 Feature

The planning white paper makes some radical suggestions, but Ian Thorn of Meeting Place Communications suggests an overhaul of the entire system’s structure

The industry’s stars

June 1, 2007 Feature

The people who mattered most to the industry in 2006 can now be revealed…

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