Verry collapse hits 1,000 firms and costs Doyle £1.9m 
03 July 2009
Concrete specialist suffers the greatest loss as creditors list reveals extent of damage to industry
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Verry collapse hits 1,000 firms and costs Doyle £1.9m
Calling all consultants!
03 July 2009
Building’s annual ranking of the top 250 consultants is being compiled now, so please complete our form online to ensure you are included
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RIBA appoints a chief executive
03 July 2009
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Construction appointments: 03 July 2009
03 July 2009
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Here today: Cepezed'd design for The Hague 2018
03 July 2009
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Rogers tower to fall victim to viewing corridor
03 July 2009
Analysis
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The six-minute guide to your six-month ministers
The six-minute guide to your six-month ministers
03 July 2009
The reshuffle put four new men in charge of crucial construction-related portfolios. Sarah Richardson looks at what they can do before the election. Ready? Steady? Go!
Leader
What can you get for £1.5bn?
03 July 2009
Hard to say how many votes it will win him, but Gordon Brown’s £1.5bn contribution to the Homes and Communities Agency deserves a few cheers from the construction industry.
Financial News
HBOS-backed social housing firm EPS on block for £30m
03 July 2009
Bidders circle £80m-turnover contractor as bank continues disposal of construction investments
White Young Green lenders defer covenant test
03 July 2009
Lenders to consulting engineer White Young Green have agreed to defer a covenant test to the end of July
Housing and regeneration news
Government to miss housing target by more than 10,000
03 July 2009
£1.5bn aimed at social housing fails to mask dramatic shortfall in affordable homes
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Fate of UDCs in balance as government ponders their role
Fate of UDCs in balance as government ponders their role
03 July 2009
A government review of urban development corporations may decide to abolish them and hand their powers to local authorities
Features
So what’s life like in Teletubby Land?
03 July 2009
Peabody’s BedZed was the housing scheme that first got everyone talking about zero-carbon living. But is it all that it was cracked up to be?
Projects
The adventures of Hergé
03 July 2009
Christian Portzamparc’s Musée Hergé pays homage to the life and work of the creator of Tintin and is almost as much fun
Interview
Danger man
03 July 2009
Philip White has taken over the Health and Safety Executive’s construction division just when companies are under most pressure to cut budgets. So what’s his plan of attack?
Legal
Good intentions vs reality
03 July 2009
The importance of collaborative working has been well understood and agreed for at least the past 45 years. The problems arise only when you actually try to do it
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Raising the standard
Raising the standard
03 July 2009
In a recession, a standard for procurement for construction contracts could be just what the industry needs. So what do the draft rules say, and what would they achieve?
Comment
Who’s the fairest of them all?
03 July 2009
Housing ministers have come and gone faster than a weaver’s shuttle – some doing better than others. Michael Gove gives us the best and the worst and reveals the secret of a successful tenure
Back log
Economics
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Lead times april-june 2009
Lead times april-june 2009
03 July 2009
There has been no increase in any works package this quarter, and six have fallen. The good news for clients is that the historical data suggests they may fall further yet, says Brian Moone of Mace
Spotlight: The noughties
03 July 2009
It is 10 years since Mace began to record lead times, and many have never been lower. Brian Moone analyses the economic patterns of the decade to see what they can tell us about future trends
Housing
How's the glazing coming along?
03 July 2009
Local housebuilders provide local jobs and local homes for local people. So why are local authorities going out of their way to make life painful for them? Take council tax for example
