Construction industry gossip: Belt and braces

By Joseph Aloysius Hansom2020-07-02T05:00:00

While the on-site approach to the pandemic seems to be that you can never have too many health and safety signs, those working from home are taking the opposite approach in terms of trousers

All talk and no trousers

Lockdown – well, when it seemed to be befitting of the word – has meant many people working from home. And, as the lockdown sun continues to blaze, most have ditched suits and have been padding around in shorts, T-shirts, dresses – anything cool, really. The co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council, Andy Mitchell, is no different. Rehearsing for a CLC webinar hosted by Building last month, he joshed with one of my team that he’s not been in trousers since lockdown began. I myself have been wearing belted shorts and socks teamed with sandals.

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