All articles by Hansom – Page 4
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Make good choices
A Yorkshireman questions why procurement can’t be like buying a loaf of bread and the builders of the tallest tower want their workers to have the healthiest diet
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Wouldn’t it be lovely?
An optimistic Kit Malthouse introduces the ‘slimby’ and the water cannon debacle makes us look back at some of Boris Johnson’s other great ideas
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Undercurrents
Tension is bubbling – opinions differ on what makes ‘beautiful’ architecture, an MP ignores political plots and one of my hacks encounters Corbyn on the road
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Awkward questions
Clients experiment with a Cold War approach to contractors’ broken promises, Persimmon struggles to find a new boss unembarrassed by its own largesse, and the door staff get prickly at the Building Awards
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: tall tales
Workers at 22 Bishopsgate reminisce less than fondly over their summer sauna and the NHBC struggles to contain its laughter over government housing targets
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: It's all in the timing
This week’s construction gossip: Not only are women refusing to put up with any more nonsense, but now a man can’t even trust his smartphone not to cause offence
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: a single round of applause
Lack of trophy space might steal Foster + Partners’ Stirling prize ‘triple’, the Lib Dems get a single round of applause and firms gear up for word on the future of Help to Buy
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CommentHansom: What’s a man to do?
This week’s construction gossip: Not only are women refusing to put up with any more nonsense, but now a man can’t even trust his smartphone not to cause offence
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CommentHansom: Straight talkers
We hear Peter Rogers likes to get to the point, somebody isn’t very polite about 22 Bishopsgate, and a Man U fan is blindingly faithful …
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CommentHansom: What money can’t buy
The Tate’s wealthy neighbours find they’ve bought into being part of the view, while youngsters’ financial aspirations are less than realistic – and the Bloomberg building smells of more than money …
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CommentHansom: In the rough
How time can be best spent on the golf course, Fosters keeps score with its award tally, and industry leaders fail to see the joke at the launch of Clyde Co’s report about offsite manufacturing …
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CommentHansom: Look lively
Battling to stay awake? You’re not alone – new research reveals napping is rife in construction, while thers in the industry are kept on their toes on a tour of Amsterdam
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CommentHansom: Full of surprises
Staff at Edinburgh Zoo change their clothes for an unexpected reason, I’m misled by a fancy-sounding project, and an apartment with prestigious links proves hard to sell …
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CommentHansom: It’s a rollercoaster
Heads spin and stomachs churn at Lendlease’s new £100,000 VR facility, while Crossrail avoids admitting to a bumpy ride of its own. Meanwhile in Brexitland, it’s a relief to know that all is as well as ever …
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CommentHansom: Time out
Costain’s CEO refreshingly forgets about Brexit, and Lendlease’s boss is on a well-earned break. Meanwhile, for those who are slogging away, the Spurs stadium is the place to be…
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CommentHansom: Where the money is
Accountants charge up to £1,156 an hour to sort out Carillion, and an MP gets on stage to prove once again that politics is just showbusiness for ugly people
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CommentHansom: Ups and downs
From news stories to new storeys, Building’s former home is flattened for redevelopment, while a new office block in Clerkenwell just looks demolished
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CommentHansom: Lazy-hazy-crazy days
President Trump makes a few more lives difficult and Jacob Rees-Mogg assures us he’ll find a way to improve ours; meanwhile, everyone else just wants to put their out-of-office on and get away
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CommentHansom: Confusion reigns
Willmott Dixon’s suppliers confront their inner rubber ducks, and the waters rise at the Houses of Parliament
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CommentHansom: What a coincidence
England hung on in the World Cup for just long enough to inconvenience consultants’ party planning – and is it Big Ben’s lack of hands that has removed parliamentarians’ sense of urgency about Brexit?