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Barry Raynar - Charles James Homes

Charles James Homes chief executive Barry Raynar understands the challenges of dealing with customers. Sometimes he feels a bit like Basil Fawlty

A healthy occupation

The NHBC’s Audit and Accreditation scheme helps housebuilders ensure they are operating to the highest health and safety standards. Melissa Blamey reports on why Keepmoat Regeneration has just won the scheme’s top accolade, and how it has benefited

National upswing

Steve Menary provides a snapshot of who’s building where in our exclusive quarterly survey, which shows a hike in starts apparent across the country at the end of 2004

Team effort

Laing O’Rourke Scotland site manager Gillian Jenkins won one of this year’s highly coveted Pride in the Job supreme awards. She found time to talk to Housebuilder about her experiences, and the challenges of residential developments

Simmons says

[MMC-IMG=1320-A=Left] CABE chief executive Richard Simmons tells Allison Heller that he would like to see more developers using architects and working in partnership with planners. But he wants them to make money too, of course

Improvement likely to be slow

[MMC-IMG=1317-A=Left] Although the housing market outlook remains highly uncertain, recent indicators seem to point to a soft landing

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Get the pre-planning right – John Laing md

Use our MMC expertise, suppliers urge developers

<MMC-CAPTION 100 align=left> [MMC-IMG=1316-A=Left] Hyde Housing Association completed its Barling Court development on site in just two weeks using PCKO's volumetric Free-Dom Systems technology </MMC-CAPTION>PCKO Architects has imported volumetric technol