A call for clarity on UK water standards
Terry Nash, former chairman of the UK Rainwater Harvesting Association and a director of housebuilder Gusto Group, says that water standards were under explore…
Products on parade
The second Housebuilder Product Awards were held at Edgbaston cricket stadium this month (July). Suzie Mayes reveals the winners and highly commended entrants
Three cheers for Christine Lagarde
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS, welcomes the contribution of the French md of the International Monetary Fund to the deba…
Aiming for certainty
In 2009, the AIMC4 consortium was formed to deliver low cost Code level four homes through the fabric. Suzie Mayes attended the End of Project conference to fi…
Zero Heroes
On the back of recent announcements about the zero carbon homes policy, Suzie Mayes visits Vista, a zero carbon homes scheme initiated by the previous governme…
Team building
Over the past 18 months the housebuilding industry has seen a genuine return of confidence to the sector as builders strive to meet the growing demand for new,…
Put a sock in it
New research from NHBC shows a marked reduction in the number of noise complaints by owners of new homes since Part E was revised in 2003. Housebuilder gets th…
Housebuilder Brain Game raises 200,000 GBP for charity
Heatrae Sadia beat 56 teams to take the 2014 Housebuilder Brain Game trophy, but the real winner was Marie Curie Cancer Care. Housebuilder reports
Profit, planet and people
Lend Lease intends to build more than 1,000 homes a year from 2017 - five times what it delivered last year. Ben Roskrow talks to the firm's head of residentia…
Sizing up the market
The task of increasing output must be taken on by housebuilders of all sizes. But for small to medium sized firms this is not so easy. Suzie Mayes looks at the…
