Features

Piling power

Good result

Steve Morgan is back in the industry and he has a lot to say – about the mistakes of the past, today’s planners, trendy design critics, the Tories and Wolves d…

A view from the east

Four years ago ex Charles Church md and CDC2020 boss Nick Smith(right) took up the challenge of overseeing the building of a pioneering project in Oman. Here h…

Queensgate takes off

It is back to basics for Inland Homes with Queensgate, its mixed use scheme featuring simply-built family homes. Suzie Mayes reports on the development under c…

Miller’s light

Miller Homes chief executive Tim Hough is looking to take the UK’s biggest privately owned housebuilder back into profit through steady growth and high quality…

Ecobuild 2010

Pride in the job

Despite unprecedented pressure and uncertainty within the housebuilding sector, site managers across the UK have continued to excel in producing high quality h…

The Sales Queen

CALA’s Sue Parry is the Queen of Sales and Marketing. Who better to discuss the best business strategies for surviving tough times, and the best sales and mark…

The chosen ones

The HCA’s select list of housebuilders and contractors chosen to deliver the public land initiative has caused dismay and controversy … as well as delight for …

Unpacking the Consumer Code

Following the Barker Review, a new Consumer Code for Home Builders is being introduced on 1st April 2010. Rod MacEachrane, interim chairman of the Consumer Cod…