All Hansom articles – Page 33
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CommentHansom Self-harmers
BDP masterplans its own office out of existence, Banyard’s managing director gets himself into trouble on the domestic front and who knows what QSs will do to themselves in the name of pop art?
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CommentStrong language
What Roger Madelin calls King’s Cross protesters, why Constructing Excellence would like to learn Japanese swear words – and what is that terrifying noise coming from the bathroom?
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CommentHansom Trick or treat
In this spookiest of weeks, skeletons are found lurking under old Epsom racecourse, a site manager shares his disturbing visions and Will Alsop is the wickedest man in Paris
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CommentAwkward moments
Whether it be talking to method actors at a corporate function, duetting with Chris de Burgh in a Parisian bar, or simply mistaking your host company for one of its biggest rivals, they’re all here …
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CommentThe new seekers
This week we look for ways to rid our construction sites of bats and cats, an architect goes fishing for cooks and the search is on for a contractor to handle the Rugby World Cup anthems
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CommentA song and dance
Balfour Beatty appeases God’s wrath, Lafarge sweetens up its concrete and Yvette Cooper denies she’s a totalitarian dictator – all to the accompaniment of a Polish accordion and high-altitude dad rock
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CommentMaking friends
This week, a Tory minister demonstrates how not to impress the construction industry, Tesco picks up people in pubs and a Labour party member praises a great former leader
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CommentMysterious ways
This week, we reveal the Shard developer’s early attempts to gain help from a higher power, Barratt seeks the assistance of a brick disguised as a baby, and a minister flounders at the Fabian Society
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CommentStars in their eyes
This week, a consultant makes a guest appearance on the silver screen, the HVCA hangs out at the Bafta headquarters and the new RIBA president faces the flashbulbs of the international press
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CommentHansom Morons and swine
No, not the curses heard from Jack Pringle’s yacht as it sailed into trouble in the Fastnet race, but what one engineer has dubbed all architects and what the Finns inexplicably call the good people at the CICA
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CommentAt full blast
A turbulent week as Richard McCarthy delivers a stormy press briefing, a furious homeowner takes his revenge on rogue builders, and abseilers are dropped in to lighten things up a bit …
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CommentA place in the sun
This week we stroll along the balmy streets of Barcelona while Jack Pringle meets his adoring public in Paris – both of which sound preferable to watching a 1-1 draw in Carlisle …
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CommentHansom Sign ‘o’ the times
The silly season is heralded by Serbian ‘folk-pop-dance’ acts, mix-tape morris dancers and those pocket-sized icons of the 21st century, Prince and Hazel Blears
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CommentWacky races
This week’s leaders are Richard Rogers, a cyclist who’s rumoured to be taking performance-enhancing taxis, Jack Pringle – quite pacy on a wooden leg – and HOK, driving round town in a summer pavilion …
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CommentSound advice
Edinburgh academics explain why you should listen to your building materials before using them, plus Ed Balls’ guide to parenting and the JFK approach to dealing with specialist contractors
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CommentMissing you
This week we’ve gathered together everyone that wasn’t there, from very small politicians to very big businessmen, and launched an investigation into Albanian movies and Ray O’Rourke’s stationery
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CommentTurning the tables
Things naturally fall apart, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun sticking them back together, as we demonstrate in many different ways this week, from dips in the briney to wooden hats
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CommentRegime change
More stories from the dark side as politicians struggle for each others jobs, rogue builders cash in on the floods and I violate the smoking ban
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CommentHaving a flutter
You couldn’t move for the likes of Rogers and Stefanou at Ascot last week … but if the gee-gees aren’t your bag an intrepid threesome are preparing to tee-off for a 24-hour Scottish golfing challenge