All articles by Joseph Aloysius Hansom – Page 2
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Back in the saddle
This month was alll about new starts, false starts, and hill starts
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: In the bleak midwinter
This month we were introduced to edible landscapes, aesthetic motorway gantries – and our fourth construction new minister of the year, so far
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Robots and furry animals
It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it – or purr it, as the case may be
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: The long view
The new minister is “not fully on top of” the job – but don’t worry, he’ll “look into it”
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: The hard sell
Boasts of wizardry and some puzzling potato talk have not shown the industry’s communications skills to best advantage this month
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Master of spin
Who knew how much musical talent the industry was hiding?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Kicking and screaming
There are more ways than one to show how you really feel
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Without a paddle
On the banks of the River Thames, there’s all kinds of shenanigans going on – not to mention recent events on a reservoir in north London
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: That old smoothie
Dominic Raab’s secret power was his vitamin volcano, Alok Sharma can remember people’s names – and Rishi Sunak knows how to say hello
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Yes, I remember it well …
Memory failure dogs politicians giving evidence at the Grenfell Inquiry
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Are you sitting comfortably?
Sit back to hear some strange tales from the world of construction
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Bits and pieces
It’s all falling apart in the corridors of power
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Earthly goings on
The famous £6m mound of mud on Oxford Street is finally to be flattened – or is it?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Views from the top
This month, a sudden flurry of tales from on high
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Raring to go
The sector’s leading lights were full of sporting energy this month – oh, and the Building Awards were back in person
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Looney tunes
From a moon-obsessed cladding talk to a council publishing some “proper whack” planning decisions, it’s been an interesting month
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Have you heard the latest?
There’s old news … and then there’s very, very old news
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: May the (air) force be with you
With US giants gobbling up UK firms, can only those with special powers resist?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Acropolis now
Cold War bunkers, the embarrassing largesse of HS2, a brutally cutting cabbie… and is that a Greek temple on the A14?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: News, views and brews
A ticking off at HS2, City sharks and wise words from Barack Obama