All Hansom articles – Page 23
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CommentHansom: Alternative lifestyle
Imagine a world where Olympic athletes excelled at board games, Britain considered surviving on a diet of ants and huge dogs rode around on top of cars … no, it’s not a bad trip, it’s this week in construction
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NewsHansom: There are limits
This week the elusive Ray O’Rourke breaks cover but not on the internet, the NHBC discovers that housebuilders and X Factor winners don’t mix and the Chinese push boundaries with speedy building
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CommentHansom: New year's resolutions
What better way to start the year than clearing out unwanted possessions - such as a 45ft yacht? Elsewhere, one boss has a very long road ahead to get fit in 2012, and Nick pops the question to Holly
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CommentHansom: Choose wisely
There are lessons to be learnt as one firm backs publicly disgraced figures, a despot is credited with building monstrosities and a property tycoon may regret reaching for the shaving foam
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CommentExperimentation
The end of the year sees some dabbling in the unknown, as Building hacks poison themselves, rappers turn into architecture buffs and ex News of the World journalists turn to construction
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CommentHansom: Blockbuster
This week has been more like a Hollywood film than a week in construction - Arctic exploration, bombs in the desert, gratuitous nakedness and a case of mistaken identity. Popcorn, anyone?
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CommentHansom: Do pay attention
This week an energy minister and architects’ board make glaring slip-ups, but there’s no room for error in one firm’s ‘grand opening’. Elsewhere, employees strive towards perfectly sustainable homes
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CommentHansom: Poor show
Nul points all round this week as contractors fail to integrate as instructed, a government minister offends his audience and the McLaren racing team boss takes a pop at the Olympic venues
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CommentHansom: So off message
This week protestors fail to spread the word to their comrades, a construction boss is embroiled in the DSK scandal and a press contact for the ODA knows nothing about the Olympics
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CommentHansom: It's all relative
Positions are made clear this week, as a producer defends his august ancestor, doctors are sent to the bottom of the ladder, and a new book lifts the lid on architects’ romantic antics
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CommentHansom: hitting the big time
The lure of celebrity proves too much to resist as industry members rub shoulders with Strictly contestants, reveal their own love of performing and start morphing into famous figures themselves
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CommentHansom: Talk to my agent
Cocktails and canapes in a tent, a fish and chip supper and a spot on prime-time TV. Sounds like a lifestyle for a B-list celeb, not a day in the life of a contractor
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CommentHansom: I dare you
This week, contractors go the full monty for a charity calendar, a boss is not amused by the ‘Lunch Atop Heron Tower’ photo and the hot seat at Mouchel proves too much for two chairmen
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CommentHansom: Make your mind up!
This week, indecision prevails as the RIBA swaps cool for sophistication, politicians disagree on numbers and the communities department isn’t sure whether it’s setting up a committee or not
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CommentHansom: Fame!
Everyone yearns for a moment in the limelight - shooting music videos on a Zaha backdrop, enduring the X Factor ordeal, and allowing (as the Labour Party did) film stars to upstage their beloved leader
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CommentHansom: That's what i want
Women refuse to settle for second best this week: Zaha Hadid requests the perfect employee, Angela Brady takes charge at the Lib Dem conference and Mrs Stefanou - sorry: Debbie - takes us to task
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CommentHansom: Be there or be square
Did you go to RESI last week? How about the Alliance Ball? Well, here’s the gossip for those of you who missed out and those of you who just had too much fun and forgot everything that happened
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CommentHansom: Talking in tongues
This week, specialists decide to communicate in Klingon, nappies are turned into roof tiles and someone promotes an ascent by absailing down a skyscraper. Is anyone else confused?
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CommentHansom: Look at me!
Several ‘interesting’ ideas vie for our attention this week as Arup envisages a life-size Scalextric set, Miller Homes drafts in Keith Chegwin and German architects decide scaffolding should be more pretty
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CommentHansom: Spice of life
Laing O’Rourke treats its subbies to Mayfair’s haute cuisine, the concrete sector invents a word for the digital age and main contractors take a not-so-subtle verbal bashing – never a dull moment round here