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The 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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Best 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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Company-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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Best 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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Best 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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Most 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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Urban housing development of the year
It was the response to the site that won Berkeley Homes this category, sponsored by Fusion ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Systems
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Best 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
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Outstanding housebuilder of the year
This new category, sponsored by ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø, 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 ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø 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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Private 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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Affordable 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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Channel 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 ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø
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Specialists: Piling
Our series on specialist markets continues, this time with analysis of the piling sector’s 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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Where next for Britain’s biggest architect?
Peter Drummond, the new chief of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Design Partnership, is looking for another £35m of business …
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The 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 …
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Richard 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 – and why Jon Rouse is such an easy act to follow.