Hotseat - Andrew Weaver
[MMC-IMG=1896-A=Right] Strata’s sales and marketing director Andrew Weaver recently splashed out on a Bang && Olufsen sound system – perfect for listening to Damon Albarn, of whom he is a huge fan
Thinking big
Satvinder Sahota explains how the NHBC’s special projects building inspectors can assist developers on major schemes to help ensure they run smoothly
Delusions of density
[MMC-IMG=1893-A=Left] Policymakers looking to influence the size and type of housing supplied to the market should review their approach in light of the maxim "the customer is king"
Going private
Steve Menary looks into the growing trend of contractors moving into the private sector housebuilding market
Courting disaster
[MMC-IMG=1889-A=Left] Jay Surti (pictured) and Allison Dias from Davies Arnold Cooper explain the implications for developers of forthcoming corporate manslaughter legislation
Winning ways
[MMC-IMG=1887-A=Left] Alan Shingler, associate of Sheppard Robson and head of its sustainability group, discusses the firm’s recent success in the Design for Manufacture competition and its work with developers
Insight manager
[MMC-IMG=1884-A=Right] Many of the UK’s volume housebuilders entrust PRP with their developments’ designs. Managing director Chris Rudolf discusses the firm’s approach with Allison Heller
Design for life
Andrew Ogorzalek and Peter Chlapowski of PCKO Architects talk to Allison Heller about how housing design is changing radically in response to buyers’ increasingly sophisticated tastes
Suits you
Allison Heller considers how rising standards of design in volume housebuilding are leading developers to work more closely with architectural consultants than ever before
No parking here
Linden Homes chief executive Philip Davies bemoans the lack of car parking spaces on new developments – a function of government policy that is out of step with society
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