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Clad culture

July 1, 2004

Cladding is increasingly appearing on new homes, bringing new design elements in copper, concrete, timber and PVCu and a New England architectural style to the likes of Kent and Bournemouth. Fiona McWilliam takes a look at the effects of this trend, and w

Over our heads

July 1, 2004

Tim Palmer looks at today’s options for roof coverings and delves below the surface into the world of breather membranes and trusses

About Average

July 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=723-A=Left] Stamp duty land tax, stopping highways and retention money. All covered this month by our legal team from Campbell Hooper, Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Bill Bidder

Pukka partnership

July 1, 2004

Peckham’s thin red line sounds like a pitch for a film from the area’s most famous resident, cockney wideboy Derek Trotter. Yet unlike the fictional Only Fools && Horses star, this red line actually existed. Snaking its way through Peckham’s notorious Fiv

Hot Seat

July 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=719-A=Left] Jim Ross, md (Scotland) of CALA Finance, sits in the Hot Seat and heaps praise on Jack Nicklaus while learning to be positive from Jack Black. Isn’t he the star of School of Rock?

Design Council

July 1, 2004

Design excellence is easier to achieve when all sides are striving for the same goals. Kent County Council has been working with the housebuilding industry for several years to improve design in the county. Ben Roskrow talks to both the council leader and

diary dates

July 1, 2004

The Walrus

July 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=717-A=Left] Euro 2004 has got the Walrus thinking. What if the big football clubs had to play to the sort of rules now applied to the housebuilding industry? Footie stars would start to play on level playing fields both literally and metaphorical

Sites worth seeing

July 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=715-A=Left] Polish your site boots and buff up your brickwork, NHBC’s Pride in the Job competition is launched this month. NHBC’s Building Inspectors are currently out on sites across the UK handpicking the potential winners from more than 17,000