All Hansom articles – Page 31
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CommentSecret things
Another perilous descent into the turbid underworld of the industry’s psyche, where we discover Bouygues’ secret shame, spy on Sir Terry Farrell and make a surprising discovery in the underwear department
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CommentNew adventures …
... of construction’s own Indiana Jones, the strange case of the incredibly hairy bedfellow, and two very good reasons to turn down a job on the Southbank …
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CommentVarious positions
Mark Clare is staying, Ross Brewer is leaping, Lawrie Haynes and Boris Johnson can’t be seen, a female engineer is attracting attention and the Department of Health is getting hot under the collar
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CommentKeep it vague
Mastering detail isn’t everyone’s strong point, of course, so it’s easy to think you’ve built more homes than you have, forget just when it was your boss left or fail to remember way back in March when T5 opened …
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CommentConflict zones
This week we get into a swordfight with the ODA, a bunfight with Nigella Lawson and a turf war in the West Country before getting ourselves mixed up in some kind of Russian espionage mission
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Sexual politics
Sometimes it’s hard to be a man. They must use tact when persuading partners not to drive off a cliff and are cruelly judged on the colour of their shirts. Still, at least they don’t have to give birth…
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CommentUnder pressure
Crazed drunken rants, crushing defeats and public humiliation were rife in a week the construction industry will remember less than fondly. And then there’s that OFT thing…
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CommentHansom: Digital watch
Beware the dangers of the digital age: you design a holiday resort in Italy and, thanks to Google Earth, you don’t even get to go and ‘check its progress’. And don’t even talk to me about Facebook …
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CommentHansom: Takes all sorts
What do pukka builders, tap-dancing penguins, Russell Crowe and the Grand National have in common? Yep, you guessed it: they all appear in this week’s Hansom… Clever, isn’t it?
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CommentHansom BAA, humbug!
Is there really anything more to be said about last week’s fiasco at Heathrow’s T5? You bet there is. But it’s not all bad news and schadenfreude: we put on some light entertainment for you, too
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CommentExistential angst
If Heathrow Terminal 2 ceases to exist, what happens to Terminals 3, 4 and 5? And if the BBC believes Lord Digby Jones to be a lager-swilling teenager, does it make it so?
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CommentBack to earth
With the glamour of Cannes but a distant memory, we return to humbler distractions, such as staring blankly at Facebook, grumbling about students, and nursing our sore saddles
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CommentFriends and foes
This week, Zaha Hadid launches a scathing attack on England, John Armitt’s BlackBerry almost falls into the wrong hands and Balfour Beatty and Carillion ramp up their rivalry
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CommentIt’s good to talk
Human interaction takes many forms, from rapping to your clients to phoning confidential hotlines. But sometimes nothing says it better than the good old impersonal email and the hidden bugging device…
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CommentYoung at heart
If it’s not Chris Liddle rocking Old Trafford or Julian Daniels shouting from the stands, then it’s Will Alsop talking dirty or … goodness, is that Richard Steer with those gun-toting heavies?
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CommentLight relief
Housing ministers, newspaper photographers and 7ft rats are left floundering in the dark, while the bright lights of the Sheds conference attract a merry horde of musicians, pranksters and talking frogs
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CommentBiting back
This week we’ve got Reservoir Dogs without the reservoir, the results of the HBG vs University of Phoenix friendly, fashion tips for cyclists, Caribbean marriages … well, what more do you want?
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CommentHansom Eye candy
This week, why the Candy brothers’ £1bn Fitzrovia scheme is a no-no, subcontractors are put in their place and sex, politics and housing policy become strangely conjoined
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CommentClose shaves
While Willmott Dixon employees escape with their jobs, Make’s staff avoid being crushed by a steel tree and Gordon Brown dodges Mandarin quantity surveying manuals