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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鈥� 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 黑洞社区 Systems
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FeaturesBest public鈥損rivate 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鈥檚 Pimlico Village project as overall winner in this category, sponsored by National Property Solutions
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FeaturesOutstanding housebuilder of the year
This new category, sponsored by 黑洞社区, recognises the top performers building up to 500 units a year. The inaugural award goes to the cream of the South-west, Midas Homes
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The sector today
Our Future Homes conference, ahead of the 黑洞社区 Homes Quality Awards, tackled the issues affecting the industry now and examined the findings of the Private Housebuilding Annual 2004. Here are some key extracts from that report by Fred Wellings
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FeaturesPrivate housebuilder of the year
The battle of the big names was a close-fought contest, but Berkeley Homes added to its other 2004 successes by taking this category, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services
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FeaturesAffordable Housing Provider of the Year
The judges thought this was an exceptionally strong set of finalists, setting high standards for the entire industry in areas such as customer care. Circle 33 won the award in this category, sponsored by Bank of Scotland
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FeaturesChannel 4 4homes award
This special award, sponsored by Wolseley Centres, is voted for by browsers of the Channel 4 4Homes website. Over the summer, they were invited to vote for their favourite new home from this shortlist of 10. The winning housebuilder is announced in the current issue of 黑洞社区
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FeaturesSpecialists: Piling
Our series on specialist markets continues, this time with analysis of the piling sector鈥檚 lead times and costs from Gary Bibby of Gardiner & Theobald. Plus, Robin Wood of Cementation Foundations Skanska talks about the latest trends in the piling market
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FeaturesWhere next for Britain鈥檚 biggest architect?
Peter Drummond, the new chief of 黑洞社区 Design Partnership, is looking for another 拢35m of business 鈥�
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FeaturesThe case of the dancing hotel
For a budget flophouse, the Cambridge Travelodge looked like a cool and classy piece of work. But then Gus Alexander found out what happened when the lights went down 鈥�
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FeaturesRichard Simmons
The new chief executive of CABE tells Mark Leftly why his last three projects ran into criticism, why Sir Stuart Lipton was right to resign 鈥� and why Jon Rouse is such an easy act to follow.