All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 189
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Digest this month
The on-off City Airport, another merger, the new social housing regulator, and more
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Upfront: Why developers just don’t get it
Catastrophe beckons, but developers still see sustainability as a choice, says Jonathan Smales
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Job cuts at contractor
One hundred and twenty employees have been made redundant from William Sapcote & Sons after the company failed to find a buyer.
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Confessions of a Nimby
‘We’ve entered a second crucial phase of the campaign. As I look over the empty space and the trees beyond, I wonder how many times this campaign will be fought up and down the country as 3 million more homes go up.’
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Orders are orders if the need is compelling
Glenn Sharpe outlines the case for compulsory purchase
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Crack the code
Want to hit the top levels on the Code for Sustainable Homes? Not sure how to get there? Try our 10 tips, gleaned from all the clever ideas at the BRE Innovation Park
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What’s working bre innovation park
In June a small community of ground-breaking experimental homes, plus a school, was unveiled at the BRE Innovation Park in Watford. That was just the start, as the articles in this special eight-page section reveal. Lessons are emerging for the industry on innovation and the move to zero carbon, and ...
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How can we stop being so mediocre?
Delivering major programmes is often put in the hands of those without the power or commitment to make things happen. So what are the solutions?
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A beautiful friendship
The companies that worked on the BRE Innovation Park took a big risk, but from that came trust and true partnership.
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Planning tariff will fail if based on Milton Keynes roof tax
Proposed tax could make high-density schemes economically ‘unviable’, say housing experts
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The Barnet Bond
Councils are unable to borrow money but Barnet council in north London is proposing to raise £360m through a bond to finance transport, schools and other local services.
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It’s the economy (again), stupid
City development companies are the next big thing in local government finance, so if you want to know how to set one up and how to get the best out of it, read on…
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‘We’ve not had any planning approvals in this area for over two years now, ’ says Roger Jelley with a sigh. ‘We’ve already laid people off and have had to write off the best part of £1/2 million
The government is pushing hard for new homes but its own agencies are pulling furiously in the opposite direction. The victims of this tug of war are developers such as Roger Jelley, frustrated by the delays and obstacles put in their way and losing huge sums of money while they ...
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Confessions of a Nimby: "I'm still bothered"
Confessions of a Nimby: "I'm still bothered"
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Berkeley First appoints development director
Also: consultant Tuffin Ferraby Taylor takes on new building surveyor for Kingston
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Archive TitlesWatching the ships roll in
From a banana store in Southampton into one of the UK’s most sumptuous cruise terminals. EIC has helped make things shipshape at the port.
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President's view
I believe we as an industry are not training enough, and when we look at the reasons behind this, it seems that we view training as an inconvenient cost.
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Archive TitlesPlain saling
Kem Edwards offers a few time-saving tips as Tracy Edwards gets to grips with the value-added products of the future.
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