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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Toilet roll troubles and home schooling
Gossip on how to calculate toilet roll usage, Lapsley’s connection to Wates and makeshift hospitals
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Rishi Sunak as Bob the Builder and Brighton’s bright idea
Gossip on Rory Stewart napping, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech and bee bricks
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Stolen hand gel and Rory Stewart’s familiar billboards
Gossip on coronavirus fears, alcohol-free sanitiser and the Cycle to Mipim bike ride
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Mipim musings and those KPF towers in Acton
Gossip on a no show from Lord Adonis, the future of handshakes and a two-floor cheese barge on Regent’s Canal
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Coronavirus masks and Donald Trump in India
Gossip on surgical masks for coronavirus, a dog with a taste for construction and a developer going vegetarian
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Sajid Javid at an HS2 site and Jeremy Corbyn quipping
Gossip on Sajid Javid visiting Curzon Street, snazzy Wood Wharf properties and the fate of Heathrow’s third runway
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Noise at Heathrow consultation and Dominic Raab abroad
Gossip on a noisy Heathrow third runway consultation, a dozen creme eggs and forced Fun at Work Day
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Hard day’s night
Gossip on the Grenfell inquiry, San Pellegrino and the dying tradition of the tea break
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Exit, pursued by a bear
Gossip on excuses for not doing your tax returns, the edgy Shoreditch and a threat for kittens
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Gnome unknowns
Gossip on a gnome pun that earned a job, Icelandic construction workers and the architectural gingerbread winners.
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Knockdown prices
Gossip on Salford’s birdman, a footballer’s optimistic high-street prediction and a debate on the nuclear family home.
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Something to choo choo on
Gossip on lockdown at MI6, friendly sparkies and the 15-year wait for first-time buyers in London
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Jingle bells rock
Gossip on TfL’s executive pay, the Indian firm reversing the gender pay gap and Kengo Kuma’s £270 trainers
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Blond ambition
Gossip on the former spin doctor who predicted a Boris bounce and the hardy outdoor swimmers who told Donald Trump where to go
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Onward travel
This week, Crossrail is determined to keep its opening date a surprise. Plus, one construction director is called home
CommentConstruction industry gossip: The slow train home
Crossrail? Don’t worry, another delay will be along just after this one. Plus, one company stays under the news radar
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Playing all the right notes but…
This week, a slanted take on tall towers, the tale of a Thatcher comeback, and light at the end of the Crossrail tunnel
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Space race
Tension is astronomical at the Building Awards, certain housebuilders come in for some flak, and Homes England gets lost in translation
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Baby steps
A young housing secretary is questioned for the first time and thrill seekers are prevented from setting foot on a series of nerve-wracking bridges
CommentConstruction industry gossip: Thank U, next
The latest housing secretary – I forget his name – struggles to convince the industry he’ll be around long enough to be taken seriously