All Hansom articles – Page 25
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CommentA night to remember
The Building Awards ceremony was all glitz and glamour this year with a swanky casino, anecdotes from football stars, crushed velvet suits and er, a picture of an enormous pile of boxes …
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CommentPower and influence
It’s a big-stakes game for construction this week, with large donations to politicos and whole countries being flogged off. Meanwhile, Building itself pulls off a mass deception
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CommentHansom: Stop nagging!
Niggles and moans seem to be this week’s theme. From a grumpy Phil Spencer, to a deputy mayor just too sick to make a Monday morning meeting. I, however, have been a ray of sunshine as usual
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CommentHansom: If you say so
Words take on an extra significance this week as consultants insist they do not ’flee’ global
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CommentHansom: La belle vie
We report on racy goings-on, with recently arrested property magnates throwing yacht parties, firms hosting lavish dinners, and politicians talking procreation. And some said Mipim was tamer this year …
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CommentLet's dance
We’re in a party mood this week, as we toast the Building Awards 2011 finalists at an exclusive, and very sartorially aware, London venue. Now, has anyone seen my bow tie?
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CommentLooking-glass world
We’re all a bit inside-out and back to front this week. Morals overtaken by business deals, green protesters burning natural resources and Ecobuilders caring about fashion. Curious indeed …
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CommentCommunity spirited
I am constantly surprised by the kindness of strangers. This week builders and designers inspire each other, MPs battle climate change and a kindly planning officer keeps kids out of trouble
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Love the one you're with
As is fitting for the week of Saint Valentine, relationships have been hotting up in the industry. From sharing a romantic dinner a deux, to tackling the opposition, to swapping saliva, Cupid’s been busy!
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CommentHansom: The right angle
According to the PRs it’s been another brilliant week for the construction industry - so please ignore the hints of commercial bias, the whiffs of pub quiz favouritism and accusations of slanted journalism
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CommentHansom: Intriguing
We’re a bit cloak and daggers this week (apologies to the faint-hearted), what with bloodied carpets, scribbled warnings and mysterious fires. Thank goodness some people are keeping a cool head
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Stop right there
This week’s theme is ’caution’. From a cash-happy economist, to pillow-throwing protestors, to the RICS’ attempts to cash in on water, my advice is: count to 10 before making hasty decisions
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CommentHansom: Slip and slide
As top brass at the NHBC glides across the dancefloor, Davis Langdon and Aecom’s romance is in decline and one QS can give you a little too much information about the dangers of wet boat decks
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CommentHansom: Winter blues
Unfortunately the festive break was somewhat marred by debt delivery problems and party-pooping snow, but at least we’ve had Building’s Christmas single to sing (and laugh) along to..
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Hansom: Crackers, anyone?
Christmas is always a real challenge for this column - how to reconcile the season of goodwill with our irrepressible satirical tendencies? Move over Santa …
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CommentHansom: Building with the stars
It’s all glitz and glamour for construction this week, as it takes a whirl on Strictly, scores celebrity autographs at an awards event, and - stop press! - creates its very own Christmas single
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CommentHansom: That’s entertainment
On show this week: posh parties at the Lord Mayor’s pad, political theatrics in Westminster and unexpected revelations about the Olympics; plus rural folk revive the ’keep off my land’ routine
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CommentHansom: Look over there!
Distractions abound in the industry this week, from executive toys in Rok’s offices, elusive bosses, misplacing a wind farm and a handy suggestion for the Irish government’s PR team
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CommentHansom: Hue and cry
Modern classicism shows its colours (anything you like as long as it’s white), while those who should be blushing a beautiful shade of pink include Cabe, Jarvis, and, ahem, a few of our colleagues
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CommentHansom: Stage whispers
The industry finds itself this week examining vaunting ambition, coming a cropper over a letter and witnessing an epic battle - clearly it’s not only a young Michael Gove who enjoyed Shakespeare