Features

The latest news, features, comment and analysis of the UK housebuilding market covering policy, regulation, planning, technology, new developments and products

It’s Part L time

June 1, 2010 Feature

Part L 2010 launched officially in April. Suzie Mayes reports on industry concern over what housebuilders must do to meet the new requirements

A new political landscape

June 1, 2010 Feature

Housebuilders have been concerned for some time about the effect on the industry of a new Conservative government.But no-one imagined that the Tory localism vi…

Burning questions

May 1, 2010 Feature

The past decade has seen the timber frame industry grow. Timber can help housebuilders considerably with sustainable building and construction speed, but latel…

Brick fast menu

May 1, 2010 Feature

Kevin Stanley steps into the traditional masonry industry and asks the sector what products housebuilders should choose for speed, efficiency and boundary push…

The picture of health

May 1, 2010 Feature

NHBC’s new Health and Safety Awards, have reached shortlist stage. We look at the thinking behind the awards and who is in the running to win

Family’s fortunes

May 1, 2010 Feature

Georgina Newcombe is sales director at William Davis, and part of the third generation of the family that has run this East Midlands-based business for 75 year…

Development of the month - First light

May 1, 2010 Feature

The Aurora in Lanarkshire, Scotland, is a Code level four home boasting timber frame, solar panels and a ground source heat pump. But the home will never be li…

The Last Word - Facing facts

April 1, 2010 Feature

Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultant PPS, argues that while the housebuilding industry has much to learn from digital communication,…

Connect & control

April 1, 2010 Feature

Housebuilders and utility companies have not always had the best relationship, the downturn adding to the common problem of delays. But Tim Palmer looks at the…

Building sites

April 1, 2010 Feature

Websites are the most essential tool in a housebuilder’s marketing armoury. Andrew Leech finds that they save time and money and could move sales in the right …