All Hansom articles – Page 20
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CommentHansom: Warming up
As the UK faces ‘snowmageddon’ we learn that Greg Barker has a well-stocked drinks cabinet, why Stef Stefanou has named a horse ‘Hidden Discounts’, and if Building’s news editor is ready to run a marathon
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CommentHansom: The bestiary
Migrating fish are a matter of debate, a horse and his contractor bring it home in Ireland and Ewoks avoid having to visit the White House. Some BEEs, meanwhile, are looking doubtful
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CommentHansom: Celebrate good times
The government bids a frugal farewell to its chief construction adviser (now set to spend more time in the kitchen), London 2012 construction heroes are honoured by the palace, and we count our Xmas cards
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CommentHansom: Top industry gossip of 2012
Gossip columnist Hansom has been reporting on the more weird and wonderful antics of the industry all year, from swimsuit calendars to giant cakes and circus acts
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CommentHansom: Goodwill to all men?
This week, Oliver Letwin says humbug to the Association for the Conservation of Energy, Cabe is compared to a certain Russian-owned London football club and ISG has a problem with spelling
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CommentHansom: Hit and miss
While architecture is the theme of an intriguing play this week, real-life architects are finding it a little tougher to entertain the crowds. Luckily, the industry’s efforts at fundraising are yielding better results
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CommentHansom: Thinking of a job swap?
Circus and animal filming skills are transferable to the construction industry, it seems, but the same cannot be said of building skills to the arena of competitive sport
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CommentHansom: What's trending
Mayor George Ferguson’s winning red trousers, the no-longer ubiquitous white van man, Gleeds’ celebrity lookalike and ‘Alistair’ Campbell are all worthy of hashtags this week
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CommentHansom: Complete transparency
A warning on profit that is not a profit warning, a series of ‘virtual’ underground shops, a secret lift and a bit of dodgy sales lingo are just some of the things that we’re not entirely clear on this week
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CommentHansom: Unusual positions
A cow outside an Urban Splash development, a bridge to nowhere, A-Level students working on the US presidential election and a different kind of candidate in red trousers make up our strangely placed cast
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CommentHansom: Trips down memory lane
RMJM crosses paths with its old PR firm, Balfour Beatty’s Mike Peasland enjoys some clarity, EC Harris’ Philip Youell kicks back with some designer headwear, and we finish with a musical number
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CommentHansom: Rock and rile
While the mayor of Newham goads his audience at the London Property Summit, a director’s rousing speech is given from a table top and a gorilla-suited drummer gives a lesson on how to work a crowd
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CommentHansom: Getting territorial
Control freakery at the DfE, competition on and off the field for two leading architects, a Stirling Prize clash and construction UK gives two charities a run for their money
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CommentHansom: The past is a foreign country
This week, Jagerbombs all round at Gleeds Serpentine Pavilion Party, a HBF conference speaker fails to bow to (or perhaps comprehend) political correctness, and construction gets ready to rock
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CommentHansom: Visions and revisions
This week, the ONS struggles with statistical correctness, Crispin Odey plans to put some birds up in a stately home, and the first post-Olympic neighbourhood is ready, ahead of time and under budget
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CommentHansom: The art of speaking
Danny Alexander defends government infrastructure spending (in the dark) and Mark Prisk invites the media into his Croydon boudoir. Plus, would RMJM’s Peter Morrison be a good wartime prime minister?
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CommentHansom: Whistle-stop tour
This week, we travel from an artillery room to the men’s section of Selfridges, via Newport, Edinburgh Zoo panda enclosure, the new Design Museum (in cake form) and Teletubbyland (just outside Bolton)
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CommentHansom: Mistaken identities
This week, Danny Alexander is lost in time, a career change is suggested for Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Berkeley looks to heavenly ladies to sell property and Grant Shapps bids farewell to the housing brief
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CommentHansom: Precarious positions
US vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan pulls up the ladder, Andrew Strauss quits cricket to spend some time in the Caribbean, and its the simple pleasures of humble treehouses for JK Rowling’s kids
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CommentHansom: Secret identities
This week, RMJM makes a move in the Big Apple, the Scotch industry tries to prove age is just a number, John Woodcock MP is nicknamed Mr Bump, and are there hidden crime-fighting plans afoot in Scotland?