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Multiplex teams up with US prison operator for PFI bids
Contractor may join forces with controversial American company to pitch for PFI prison schemes in the UK
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Comment
Unfair penalty
NSV carried out work on the instructions of Consafe on heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment at a plutonium chemical waste plant at Drigg, in Cumberia. Consafe counter-claimed for liquidated damages. NSV said that liquidated damages could not be levied because they were a penalty. As the judge said, if the ...
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Stanhope proposes peoples park for Croydon
Stanhope reveals plan for Croydon urban park even though site has been given planning permission for mixed use Arrowcroft scheme.
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NewsWilson to work magic in Lancashire
The trendsetter behind the rebranding of Manchester has been called on to revamp the image of east Lancashire.
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Features
Shining examples
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 ...
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FeaturesBest company-wide sustainability award
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
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FeaturesBest approach to partnering and supply chain management
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
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FeaturesBest training/people development award
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
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FeaturesBest health and safety initiative
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
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FeaturesThe innovation award for building technology
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
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FeaturesBest it innovation
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
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FeaturesCompany-wide design innovation award
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
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FeaturesBest new homes agent
Three firms battled it out for this award, sponsored by Property Week, but FPDSavills won the contest for its heavyweight research capability
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FeaturesBest planning and land regeneration strategy
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
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FeaturesMost creative marketing award
Miller took the private housebuilders’ prize and Family HA the affordable housing award in this category, sponsored by Barbour Index
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FeaturesUrban housing development of the year
It was the response to the site that won Berkeley Homes this category, sponsored by Fusion Building Systems
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FeaturesBest public–private partnership
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