Features

Sites for sore eyes

The nation’s top site managers basked in some well-earned glory at the NHBC’s glitzy Pride in the Job awards in London. Satvinder Sahota considers what makes the annual event so special

Postcard from Hammarby

Design for Homes chief executive David Birkbeck offers his recent snapshots of Hammarby Sjostad in Stockholm, where low carbon living embraces the consumer

Eco value

Consumers are not yet prepared to pay more for eco friendly homes. So developers need to look at creative ways of recouping the costs, suggest Savills research director Yolande Barnes

A big, fat zero

Is zero carbon housing a pipedream? Chris Windle looks into the questions hanging over renewable technologies and the challenges ahead as the clock ticks down to 2016

The tide turns

As the April introduction of the code for sustainable homes looms, the industry is gripped by concerns about new eco homes policies. Mark Smulian weighs up the business implications, in the first of our green feature special

Mixed agenda

I am delighted to be writing my inaugural column in Housebuilder. For those who have attended any recent HBF events, this will come as a welcome confirmation that the environment is not the only issue on my agenda

Top tips

Clare view

Barratt’s new chief executive Mark Clare tells Allison Heller why, despite being tipped for a major acquisition or two, he plans to prioritise the plc’s focus on organic growth

Signed, sealed, delivered

Thermal and acoustic manufacturers have undergone a period of rapid product development, driven by recent Building Regulation changes. Andrew Leech reports on some of the latest innovations

Social Service

Having slipped into physical and social decline, the Cleadon Park estate in South Shields was in desperate need of rejuvenation. Steve Menary finds out how Bellway is giving the place a facelift