by Administrator | Mar 5, 2021 | Resources
I thought it might be helpful if I outlined the benefits of using a standard Method. The following isn’t just my own personal opinion, it is what is taught under the Association for Project Management’s (APM) syllabus for their Project Management...
by Administrator | Nov 29, 2019 | Knowledge, Resources
From Designing Buildings Wiki 28th Nov 2019 An obligation for parties to act in ‘good faith’ is not generally implied in commercial contracts. However, both standard form construction contracts and bespoke contracts commonly include clauses that require the parties...
by Administrator | Jun 14, 2021 | News
M3 and HATC are delighted to announce heads of terms agreement for HATC to join the M3 group from 1 September 2021. Published: 14 June 2021 The agreement between the M3 Board and HATC Managing Director, Andrew Drury will help to maintain the success of HATC as one of...
by Administrator | Jan 26, 2018 | Knowledge, Resources
I spent the first 15 years or so of my life in HA Development learning on the job. Then I started reading and discovered how much faster one can learn, and how very slow on-the-job learning tends to be. I quite often mention this on training courses. So I’m...
by Administrator | Aug 9, 2017 | General
This is a copy of an article published on the RIBA website on 2nd August 2017 https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/whats-your-view-on-leasehold-practices A clampdown on leasehold abuses has been announced by Communities...
by Administrator | Jun 2, 2017 | General
I have worked almost exclusively in and for HA Development teams since the early 1980s. In my first 15 years I worked in 5 HAs, progressing from Development Assistant to Group Development Director of a regional HA, delivering lots of projects in the custom and...
by Administrator | Jun 1, 2017 | Resources
What is the difference between signing up to a “reasonable endeavours” obligation on the contract, and promising to make “best endeavours”? This article from Estates Gazette makes it clear. To summarise, promising to use “reasonable endeavours” to do something means...
by Administrator | Sep 8, 2016 | Resources
This interesting piece of research from civet us suggests that the common conventional wisdom that the housing shortage is primarily caused by the planning system, may well be wrong. It highlights the increasing discrepancy between the number of homes permissioned,...
by Administrator | Dec 9, 2015 | Resources
The National Housing Federation’s London Development Conference was, as usual, thought provoking. We all know that the prospects for affordable housing – I use the term correctly, not in the Newspeak manner of recent years – is bleak, especially for affordable rented...
by Administrator | Oct 16, 2015 | Resources
Here are another very useful couple of articles from the Estates Gazette’s series “Mainly for Students”. These two articles provide an overview of the 5 main valuation methods, focusing on the single most important one – the Comparative Method....
by Administrator | Sep 4, 2015 | Resources
An interesting and entertaining article in the Estates Gazette highlights that Magna Carta forms the basis for the establishment of secure property rights in this country. Meanwhile, on the BBC Radio 4 programme Point of View, Prof Roger Scruton, philosopher,...
by Administrator | Mar 17, 2015 | Resources
This article from Estates Gazette is a couple of years old, but still provides a useful description of the “expected” margin of error valuations. Valuation room for error To summarise, even for everyday street properties, of which there are many...
by Administrator | Mar 16, 2015 | Resources
This is a short note about the various types of structures that can be used to buy or sell land, and some of their pros and cons. This should be useful for all Development/Regeneration staff who are involved in buying land directly from landowners, or who may be...
by Administrator | Mar 2, 2015 | Resources
See this useful attached article from the splendid Estates Gazette Practice & Law section last month. In short, the description of the planning permission granted may purport to limit what’s built, but unless the permission ALSO has a condition to the same...
by Administrator | Nov 6, 2014 | General
[This is our response to the Government’s consultation on a national space standard for dwellings. The Government is consulting on a number of issues including accessibility, security, water usage etc. This response only comments on the proposed national space...
by Administrator | Sep 5, 2014 | Newsflash
We’ve been in the Development Procedure business since the mid 1990s. Our latest version is a wiki! More information is now available here.
by Administrator | Jul 9, 2014 | Newsflash
We are now taking bookings for our popular courses on a variety of property development and project management courses ……click here to go to the Open Courses...
by Administrator | Jun 24, 2013 | General
Maslow’s theory of the hierarchy of needs is a useful tool to help think about people’s needs from the most basic to progressively higher levels of civilised life. The model talks of the most basic needs as being physiological (having food, air, water,...
by Webmaster | Jun 5, 2013 | Newsflash
Our next Introductory Certificate course is October 22/23rd 2014. For more details and to BOOK YOUR PLACE click here. For more details on the Nov / Dec 2014 edition of the Project Management for Affordable Housing Development: Theory & Practice course that...
by Administrator | May 13, 2013 | Newsflash
We normally run our property development courses in-house, on demand. This works best for clients when there are 5 or more people wishing to attend. We can also run these courses when requested by individuals. We will generally need approximately 6 people to sign up...