All Supplements articles – Page 54
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NewsEntrepreneur of the year
This was a short shortlist, but this Taylor Woodrow-backed category wasn't short of entrepreneurial ideas, as these three firms show. The winner was a firm that seems intent on wiping paper use out of the industry altogether …
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NewsForeword: Paul Robinson
The England goalkeeper explains why his World Cup team and the Building Awards 2006 charity deserve your support
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NewsMajor housebuilder of the year
Six heavyweight housebuilders lined up for this award, which was won by a company that showed how innovation and a dedication to sustainable communities can actually be good for the bottom line. Sponsored by Finnforest
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NewsMajor housing project of the year
Sponsored by British Gypsum, this category looks at the best residential projects to have been built in 2005 - with the award going to a scheme that turned a former barracks into an attractive and sustainable community
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NewsProject/construction manager of the year
This Kawneer-backed category rewards the achievements of the most reliable and efficient project managers in the business, with the trophy going to a firm whose latest megascheme was launched with a royal seal of approval
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NewsManufacturer of the year
In a category crammed with terrific products and commercial nous, one four-year-old company blew the judges away with its revolutionary modular housing systems that are slashing build times. This award is sponsored by WRAP
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NewsPersonality of the year
This category, sponsored by Speedy Hire, celebrates the remarkable achievement of a man already known for his remarkable achievements - the latest being the small matter of bringing the industry £8.3bn of construction work …
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Archive TitlesCutting the cake
A penny on a pint of beer. Higher road tax on those gas-guzzling 4x4s.
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Housing markets in the core cities
Central to the Core Cities' role as drivers of regional economic growth is housing and over the next four pages we offer a snapshot of how the housing market is faring in these areas, comparing each against the other and against national figures
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Archive TitlesDesign codes: the verdict
Design codes are all about delivering faster planning permission - that, at least, is the theory. But how do they work in practice? Two architects give their answer
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Futuregazing … on development viability
New government policies coming into place are adding costs to housebuilding and could slash residual values by 40%, experts are predicting.
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Archive TitlesWhat's up dock?
Well, shops, a school, a GP surgery, a community centre and 1300 low-rise homes, that's what. And they've been there ever since the 1980s when developer Bellway ignored all sensible advice and built the now thriving Hull community on a derelict docklands site. Photographs David Levene
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Archive TitlesWelcome to fabulous Las Vegas UK
Tony Blair says super casinos will help regenerate the areas they're in - giving them ‘the chance to put themselves on a proper modern footing'. Damian Aspinall agrees with him, whereas Steven Bate dismisses the idea as ludicrous. Here, Jon Ladd doubts the pilot scheme will prove much either way
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Archive TitlesGo figure
So which is cheaper for housebuilding - modern methods of construction or traditional build? Anyone hoping that old chestnut would be finally cracked by the National Audit Office report into the matter is in for a let-down. As Josephine Smit found out, it depends on whose calculator you're using
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Archive TitlesGordon's kitchen nightmare
In last week's Budget, chancellor Gordon Brown announced plans for a public debate on next year's comprehensive spending review. Everyone acknowledges that Brown faces a tough challenge in making the CSR 07 cake big enough for everyone to have a decent share. Behind the scenes in the Treasury kitchen the ...
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Archive TitlesLatest thinking on... measuring quality of life
If we are developing and regenerating to create high-quality, sustainable communities, then people who live in them should have a higher quality of life, but how would we know that?
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Archive TitlesPlanning misses the scrutiny of neutral observers
As a local newspaper reporter, I spent more hours in Camden council planning committee meetings than was good for me.
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