In Focus – Page 10
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In FocusPlanning reform: The devil will be in the detail
The white paper begs many questions. It could take years to find the answers
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In FocusDoes the market for high rise apartments have a future?
We went into lockdown with one housing market and came out of it with quite another. Joey Gardiner reports on what the pandemic means for developers of high-rise housing
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In FocusGrenfell Inquiry: What we learnt from Rydon’s second week under scrutiny
Project manager believed firm had been quite thorough in checking work quality; refurbishment director says lack of challenge to design still haunts him
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In FocusInterview: Jez Sweetland, Bristol Housing Festival
Lawyer turned housing innovator explains how the festival is helping deliver MMC built homes in Bristol
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In FocusBriefing: TopHat’s vision of an automated future
Chief executive Jordan Rosenhaus explains his ambitions for modular manufacturer TopHat
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In FocusBriefing: Impact Capital, a MMC business for a socially distanced world
Robert Whitton and Nick Shattock, the founders of a new developer and manufacturer explain their ambitions for the business
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In FocusInterview: Tom Copley, deputy mayor for housing, London
The new arrival talks about his ambitions to increase the number of socially rented homes in London
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In FocusCan manufacturers produce enough materials to go round?
As sites start to reopen will material shortages slow down work?
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In FocusSurvey results: Impact of continuing covid-19 lockdown continues
Research indicates growing optimism among people working in construction, although most firms do not have recovery plans in place
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In FocusHow is the coronavirus crisis affecting the sector?
Full results of the pan-industry survey carried out by Housing Today, Building and Building Design
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In FocusCoronavirus: How are housebuilders responding?
Updated 27.03.20: Firms responsible for building over 85,000 new homes last year are to shut sites
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In FocusHow well did housing do in the Budget?
Last week saw a wide-ranging package to stimulate housing and regeneration, but not everyone is convinced it is enough
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In Focus'You’re a success if you deliver homes, whatever the political climate’: Ebbsfleet Garden City
After a slow start, housebuilding with a focus on community is picking up pace at Ebbsfleet Garden City
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In FocusFlooding in the UK and building for a wetter future
Following more storms and ensuing floods, the focus is turning from where to how we build in affected areas
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In Focus‘We’re in dialogue with councils across the country’: Atkins bosses on first MMC housing scheme
Atkin’s social housing brand Edaroth is displaying four family homes in Lambeth as a way of building offsite on brownfield land around the country
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In Focus‘Genuine community building’: Ken Dytor on transforming Purfleet
The Urban Catalyst founder on big plans for the Essex town, improving the health of its residents and what regeneration is like post-Brexit
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In Focus‘Improve the stock of human happiness’: Interview with Neil Murphy, founding director of TOWN
The founding director of developer TOWN on award-winning co-housing scheme Marmalade Lane and how to shake up placemaking
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In FocusWhy is the Home Building Fund failing to reach small builders?
Despite being the main target of the fund and the ones that need it most, SME housebuilders are struggling to access the cash