All Hansom articles – Page 3
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: The life and times
A shameless plug for a book all about me (Joseph Aloysius Hansom, founder of The Builder) and my links with social reformer Robert Owen
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Alert but not alarmed
This week’s mix of unexploded bombs, books from beyond the grave and a lucky person benefiting from lockdown
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: One for the pot
As housebuilders struggle to put their falling numbers into words, some wag has at least a suggestion of what they can put into their hard hats
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Belt and braces
While the on-site approach to the pandemic seems to be that you can never have too many health and safety signs, those working from home are taking the opposite approach in terms of trousers
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: One for the road
Pity the A66, whose dualling media shunned in favour of Dom’s lockdown shenanigans – but where even is it?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: A bit of help from our friends
It’s all hands on deck with the people making face masks, face shields and stepping up as key workers
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Hard day’s night
Gossip on the Grenfell inquiry, San Pellegrino and the dying tradition of the tea break
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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
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Gnome unknowns
Gossip on a gnome pun that earned a job, Icelandic construction workers and the architectural gingerbread winners.
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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.
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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
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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
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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