All articles by Hansom – Page 6
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CommentHansom: Damage limitation
We learn that Galliford Try and Balfour Beatty were due a huge whack of money the day Carillion collapsed, new guidelines follow the Presidents Club scandal and it proves difficult to hide a whole house
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CommentHansom: Something not quite right
A topping out ceremony fails to live up to its name, Carillion’s ashes get ruthlessly raked over and a culture clash looms as Loose Women fans brush up against the creatives of Soho House
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CommentHansom: It's all very confusing
This week: a planning endorsement disguised as an objection, a pensions expert twinned with a pop singer, and a resolute Remainer exhorting everyone to vote leave…?
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CommentHansom: Say cheese
I was disappointed to see full berths on a ‘ship’ I wanted to board but consoled myself by celebrating an unusual anniversary and partaking of more cheese than was healthy
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CommentHansom: Taking stock
As the fallout from Carillion’s collapse continues to dominate the news, one of our contributors makes his voice heard (rather often in fact)
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CommentHansom: Moving swiftly on
Change is the one constant, as we can see by the alarming churn of housing ministers, an uplifting first for Canadians and new uses for old RAF sites
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CommentHansom: Translating the guff
One firm talks itself up in an unusual way, and Spurs’ chairman is very keen to get every little detail of the team’s new stadium right
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CommentHansom: Talking in riddles
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Plus, unexploded grenades and a novel way of cutting back on costs
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CommentHansom: Ever hopeful
An architect invents a gift for the person who has everything else in London and Battersea Power Station is confident people will buy its merchandise
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CommentHansom: Little quirks
Peter Rogers reveals a penchant for leathers, while Frankfurt is compared unfavourably to Milton Keynes and Argent unveils an experimental Christmas tree
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CommentHansom: Thinking it over
This week, Crest Nicholson ponders the future of a mulberry tree and the cost of a Mipim stand makes you want to sit down
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CommentHansom: Lofty visions
This week, I examine a sky forest in Vietnam, a German charity takes the moral high ground with a friendly gesture and the MoA has a delicious idea
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CommentHansom: Good intentions
This week, a diversity day at British Land, a record charity haul at the Building Award and Cemex’s new boss takes an ethical tour of London
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CommentHansom: Competition winners
The Stirling prize victor is announced, Arsenal and Spurs are locked in a contest to be the biggest and Cemex deserves a prize for its efforts to protect cyclists on the roads
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CommentHansom: Relationship counselling
This week there’s an invitation to Jean Nouvel’s Abu Dhabi Louvre, tales of romance from RSHP, and a mysterious career move
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CommentHansom: Nagging worries
Long-running problems mean nothing is going quite as it should – the V A Dundee is impressive but also impressively over budget, and Interserve runs into fresh trouble
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CommentHansom: Rock on
BIM-hating zombies lose the battle for the industry’s best rock band, plus the pain of legacy contracts, financial investigations and burst appendices
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CommentHansom: Voicing dissent
A poet takes a verbal swipe at a developer, we bemoan the lack of boozers on new housing developments and have cause to doubt a ‘sporting great’
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CommentHansom: Liquid assets
Advertising guys at a consultant turn to drink, and Carillion’s shareholders might be tempted to follow suit, but site workers have moved on to lattes
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CommentHansom: Top marks
Serpentine Pavilion has its run extended, Westfield has an impressive new roof and Bovis Homes says it has incontrovertible proof of satisfied customers