All Hansom articles – Page 34
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CommentThe youth of today
While the industry’s old hands said adieu to Paul Morrell and discussed sustainable construction, the youngsters were engaged in a drunken debauch at the Marriott. Who said QSs don’t know how to party?
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CommentUnsupervised
While the upper echelons were attending high-profile weddings and the awards, those in the lower pay grades were free to fit solar panels facing the wrong way and misinterpret design instructions ...
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CommentA curse upon ye
Scottish builders jinx Wembley by burying tartan scarves under the pitch, while Vernon Kay is forced to field hate mail from sensitive scaffolders. At least the Housing Corporation enjoyed a bit of luck ...
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CommentThe waste land
The Home Office invests in some lovely offices in the middle of nowhere that will be closed most of the time, a ‘sorry’ state of affairs at the ODA, and cloning seems to apply to Shepherds as well as sheep
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CommentHansom Ripping yarns
A spell-binding 348-page account of PFI standardisation, the equally long-running saga of David Cameron’s home improvements and a rather jolly chinwag with the Tory MEP for Gibraltar
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CommentKermit’s revenge
The latest news from the tourist hotspots of Kazakhstan, Arizona and St Helena this week, all deftly mixed in with Gyles Brandreth, Kermit the Frog and the opening of Wembley stadium
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CommentMipim uncovered
Ah, the glamour of the Riviera ... long-legged Russian beauties, a daring daylight robbery and, erm, that’s about it – unless you count middle-aged male nudity or the stand from Corby council
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CommentParty poopers
Multiplex boss Martin Tidd misses his own bash, while Richard Steer travels half way around the world to attend one he doesn’t want to. Thank goodness Geoff Irvine knows how to celebrate
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CommentFighting fit
Ray O’Rourke stirs up Anglo-Irish rivalry, Building defends itself in court and Gardiner & Theobald’s QSs battle to be the ultimate bridge-building champions – all to a backdrop of classical music ...
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CommentAncient customs
Building revives the debating forums of the great civilisations, a housebuilding boss demonstrates a keen grasp of hieroglyphics, and a Chinese dragon blocks the way to the bar
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CommentHansom Mixed emotions
Anger and confusion reign at the Lighthouse Club, boredom (with the merest threat of violence) pervades a Bovis networking event and a whole lot of cheekiness takes place in a hotel car park
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CommentHansom Romantic interlude
The mating season is here again, so let’s enjoy the gorgeous sight of architects displaying to clients while headhunters feather their nests and Ken Livingstone bangs heads with the French
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CommentDistinctly average
Below par performances this week from the officials at the TCC and a Scottish recruitment consultant. At least Mace’s attempts to join the celebrity party circuit are more than OK...
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CommentHow curious
This week we try to work out the thinking behind Richard Simmons’ eloquent attack on the motion he was supporting, EC Harris’ coffee policy and MPs’ mourning of Rick Stein’s dead dog
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CommentHansom A good all-rounder
This week our diarist mixes the gravitas of a barrister with the technical competence of an architect, the generosity of a cladding manufacturer and the easy charm of an Ann Widdecombe ...
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CommentHansom Twists of fate
Fortuna’s wheel continued to revolve this week, bringing some six-figure windfalls and ownership of the year 1856, throwing others into the law courts and leaving one firm at the mercy of newts
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CommentInto the swing
Industry manoeuvres gather pace this week as young men stride into the spotlight, old hands consider new work, architects fly to Tokyo to find mates and the BPF falls for Al Gore
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CommentPause for thought
As we complete another lap of the calendar, our diarist stops to consider the effects of time on the vanity of human wishes, before moving smartly along to a story about Keith Clarke and nipple piercing
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Comment’Tis the season …
… to plan your next step towards world domination, attempt to make stadiums out of ice, spend extraordinary amounts of money on garish knitwear and be miserable in Norfolk. Apparently.
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CommentBless us one and all
Broken promises and cancelled parties this week – but at least Building’s Christmas Pub Olympics was there to put people in a festive mood …