Star quality
Before 1981, a competition to raise housebuilding standards was just a glint in NHBC's eye. Now Pride in the Job is in its jubilee year. Melissa Blamey looks at how PIJ started and how a new DVD will help builders meet the PIJ mark
The Walrus && Diary Dates
[MMC-IMG=1492-A=Left] Worried about Part L and airtightness testing? You needn't be with this exclusive cut-out-and-keep, housebuilder-friendly version of the Beaufort Scale, designed to help you assess wind speeds
Home && dry
The Thames Gateway lies beyond the protection of the Thames Barrier and there is no denying it is largely a floodplain. Mark Smulian considers the implications for stakeholders involved with the government's housing growth plans, and how they plan to tack
All points east
The government's vision for the Thames Gateway, incorporating an additional 120,000 homes by 2016, is hugely ambitious. While billions in funding is being allocated for brownfield regeneration and infrastructure projects, pioneering developers including B
People power
[MMC-IMG=1484-A=Left] Urban Splash recently came 12th in the Sunday Times annual 100 Best SMEs to Work For list. Chairman Tom Bloxham, who co-founded the firm in 1993 with Jonathan Falkingham, explains why good staff - and looking after them - is vital to
Innovation Awards to be presented at The Savoy
More than 140 entries have been received for the inaugural Housebuilder/HBF Housebuilding Innovation Awards, to be presented at The Savoy Hotel on the night of Wednesday September 7 during Housebuilding 2005.
Sustainability initiative launched to provide guidance for industry
The HBF is spearheading a major new initiative to help bring clearer thinking and practical guidance to housebuilders on sustainability. The initiative, Sustainability in Housebuilding, is being launched in partnership with the Housing Corporation and dra
Profits up but no room for complacency
At the close of the results season, a number of listed housebuilders have warned of challenging times ahead despite enjoying healthy profit growth in 2004 - 05. Bellway chief executive John Watson warned of ongoing stagnation: "We are assuming a nil house
Persimmon may be looking to acquire
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