All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1319
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Roger Milne
The Budget gained plaudits for its measures to encourage urban regeneration but look beneath the surface of government spin and despite PPG3 there's still plenty of evidence that greenfield usage is continuing largely unchecked.
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What makes a streetscene?
Crest Nicholson has put its faith in contiguous terraces with a mix of arches, balconies, dormer windows, bespoke garages, bays and gables at its Ingress Park site at Greenhithe in Kent. We visited the brownfield site to see the new semi-urban vernacular in action.
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Double whammy
UK housebuilders are about to face the biggest set of regulatory changes ever thrown at them. The most complex and significant upgrade to the thermal insulation regulations (Part L) is due to be unleashed alongside a complete rewriting of the sound insulation controls, Part E.
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David Curry MP
David Curry, Conservative minister for local government and planning from 1993-1997, hears the latest epistle from the Chancellor of the Exchequer and seeks to divine its meaning for regeneration, market towns and community enterprise.
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Building Homes Datafile
The MarketThe MonthThis month we have changed the basis of calculations for our new house price graph (see right) from a standardised average - a notional figure, removing inflation, to show the price in 1983 terms - to the real current average house price over the past 12 months as ...
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Budget boost for urban regeneration
Widespread relief that VAT on new build remained off the political agenda despite help for decontamination.
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Premium bond
Partnering, innovation and fine design come together to add value to a city terrace. Josephine Smit views a head-turning new build.
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Partial block on Part L proposals
Block manufacturers and traditional housebuilders have won their battle against the proposed two-stage tightening of the U value for walls under Part L of the Building Regulations.
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Chris Bazlinton
A new consultation paper from the Housing Corporation suggests a four-point strategy for developing a new approach to investment which is likely to be welcolmed as helping housing associations and local authorities.
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So near, yet so far away
We are part of a multi-talented, multi-skilled industry capable of quality thinking yet we fail to deliver a quality customer experience. This, the first of three articles, looks at the leadership challenge.
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Costs hit Association new starts
Soaring procurement costs and the shift of resources from the North to high-cost South are keeping the number of new affordable homes produced static at about 22 000, despite a 36% rise in Government funding.
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Trendy apartments
A London Housing association is planning a scheme of trendy apartments half of which will be for sale.
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Top 50 housing associations
The social housing sector continues to grow but the bulk of new activity is concentrated in the hands of the same performers.
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Strength in numbers
Putting the weight of the AISC and Integrity 2000 behind the SSAIB can only be to everyone's advantage...
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Sounder investment
Remote signalling techniques have their place, but don't disregard the humble sounder, says installer and author Gerard Honey
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"Installers need to be licenesed"
The ABSENCE OF LICENSING FOR security installers is one of the concerns that has sparked the BSIA into establishing a working party to look at issues in the Private Security Industry Bill.
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Topping off a great year
KING'S SECURITY HAVE landed a tasty contract … as Watford branch manager Tony Eastwood would verify from our picture.