All Building articles in Building Homes October 2004

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  • Features

    The sector today

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Our Future Homes conference, ahead of the Building Homes Quality Awards, tackled the issues affecting the industry now and examined the findings of the Private Housebuilding Annual 2004. Here are some key extracts from that report by Fred Wellings

  • Features

    The results

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Th Building Homes Quality Awards 2004

  • Outstanding housebuilder of the year
    Features

    Outstanding housebuilder of the year

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    This new category, sponsored by Building, recognises the top performers building up to 500 units a year. The inaugural award goes to the cream of the South-west, Midas Homes

  • Private housebuilder of the year
    Features

    Private housebuilder of the year

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The battle of the big names was a close-fought contest, but Berkeley Homes added to its other 2004 successes by taking this category, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services

  • Features

    Shining examples

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    More, better, faster, cheaper: what the government is demanding from the housebuilding industry, especially homes with a pricetag of £60,000, looks beyond the realms of the possible. Yet, just look at the winners of this year's Building Homes Quality Awards, organised by Building in association with the Housing Forum. In ...

  • Urban housing development of the year
    Features

    Urban housing development of the year

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    It was the response to the site that won Berkeley Homes this category, sponsored by Fusion Building Systems

  • Rural housing development of the year
  • Best health and safety initiative
    Features

    Best health and safety initiative

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Our finalists in this category, which is sponsored by the Traditional Housing Bureau, demonstrated how they were going beyond the basics and innovating to improve safety standards. It was Bellwinch’s proactive approach that won it the overall prize

  • Best it innovation
    Features

    Best it innovation

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The judges were impressed at how IT-savvy the industry is becoming. But it was initiatives that used technology for the benefit of the customer, led by Miller Homes, that impressed the judges most in this category, sponsored by SmartNewHomes.com

  • Best planning and land regeneration strategy
    Features

    Best planning and land regeneration strategy

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The transformers of waterside sites in the South were pitted against those delivering social housing improvement in the North in this English Partnerships-sponsored category. The South triumphed, with Berkeley Homes picking up the prize

  • Best public–private partnership
    Features

    Best public–private partnership

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    This was another award that our judges found difficult, as they were looking for clear benefits from the partnership. After much debate, the judges chose Network Housing Group’s Pimlico Village project as overall winner in this category, sponsored by National Property Solutions

  • Best company-wide sustainability award
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    Best company-wide sustainability award

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilders are broadening their definition of sustainability. For its all-round commitment, Countryside Properties was a clear winner in this category, sponsored by Energy Saving Trust

  • Best training/people development award
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    Best training/people development award

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The panel had a long line-up of contenders again for this category, sponsored by Technical Resourcing – and judges were particularly pleased to see these finalists making the link between training and profitability. In the end, London & Quadrant emerged victorious

  • Best customer service award
    Features

    Best customer service award

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

  • The innovation award for building technology
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    The innovation award for building technology

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The judges wanted to see innovative products and they were excited by the market potential of the winning entry from Powergen in this category, sponsored by the Housing Forum

  • Company-wide design innovation award
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    Company-wide design innovation award

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    When it comes to company-wide design innovation, many housebuilders are expert at the rhetoric, but our judges felt that few deliver high-quality schemes time after time. Countryside Properties is among that elite and carried off the prize in this Finnforest UK-sponsored category

  • Most creative marketing award
    Features

    Most creative marketing award

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Miller took the private housebuilders’ prize and Family HA the affordable housing award in this category, sponsored by Barbour Index

  • Best approach to partnering and supply chain management
    Features

    Best approach to partnering and supply chain management

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    A large field of finalists lined up for this award, sponsored by Construction Industry Solutions. Haslam and Keegans were both frontrunners but Fusion 21, Merseyside’s best known partnership since Dalgleish and Rush, took the award

  • Best new homes agent
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    Best new homes agent

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Three firms battled it out for this award, sponsored by Property Week, but FPDSavills won the contest for its heavyweight research capability

  • Affordable Housing Provider of the Year
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    Affordable Housing Provider of the Year

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The judges thought this was an exceptionally strong set of finalists, setting high standards for the entire industry in areas such as customer care. Circle 33 won the award in this category, sponsored by Bank of Scotland