In brief
<b>Guinness launch</b> Guinness Trust is to launch a private sector housebuilder to help provide mixed-tenure developments for its residents. It will build a 24 flat scheme in north London and use the profits to develop the business further.
Material whirl
Roofing materials play a key role when it comes to the potential success of a planning application. Blending in with the surrounding area is the name of the game, and the roof specification is more often than not determined by the existing local vernacula
European drain brains
As the storm clouds gather Andrew Leech finds that drainage is in for some stringent measures, and that sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) could yet come to the fore. While in plumbing, plastics continue to gain ground.
Ground heroes
The government’s drive to build more houses on brownfield sites which often require complex remediation work is good news for the groundworks sector. Tim Palmer reports on a growth area.
Park strife
Housebuilder’s legal team from Campbell Hooper - Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Bill Bidder - discuss overage payment calculations, time extensions on contracts, and Environmental Impact Assessments.
[MMC-IMG=99-A=Right] HOT SEAT
Lynne Whiteman, group sales and marketing director at Antler Homes, is the former Concorde air stewardess who went on to became a high flyer in housebuilding
Urban revival
Tom Bloxham was into urban regeneration well before it was fashionable, sparking the Manchester revival. The co-founder of Urban Splash tells Allison Heller what the award-winning company is all about.
[MMC-IMG=98-A=Right]Northern star
Revitalising our northern cities may hold the key to easing the housing crisis, and the regeneration of Manchester is a model of success. Allison Heller learns the secret of its booming renewal programme since the 1996 city centre bomb
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