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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Manners maketh the man
An Osborne director demonstrates the benefits of an expensive education, while City planners practise the art of tight-lipped diplomacy
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Let's make myself clear
Industry experts fail to explain why Northern Powerhouse Rail is nothing like Crossrail, and a housebuilder is less than a builder of homes
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Off the rails
While Crossrail apparently files its accounts by halves, HS2 veers between flooding stakeholder meetings with its staff and charging them to attend at all聽
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Sites for sore eyes
This week, graffiti-watch from hipster Shoreditch, Redrow鈥檚 Steve Morgan is forever blowing bubbles, and ferry-loving Chris Grayling sinks yet further in public esteem
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Winter warmers
This week, a brilliant idea on how to fix HS2鈥檚 troubles by moving parliament to Birmingham and a nostalgic look back at a simpler time for marketing
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Class distinctions
Sellar swaps south-east London for upmarket Fitzrovia and a contact rejects a pricey pastime (well, not entirely 鈥�)
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: You've got to laugh
Andrew Marr gets the BCO giggling with pseudo-sympathy for the Mays and conductor Simon Rattle goes overboard on the architectural trash talk
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Any progress?
Alinea celebrates good news but the Midland Met hospital saga continues to depress 鈥� and things aren鈥檛 much better for Crossrail or Spurs
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: We fear change
The Bloomberg building marks climate change with a melting iceberg and fans of brutalism are saddened at a coming demolition
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Bleak midwinter
Our business minister grapples with some paperwork, a Victorian refurb gets distressed (but in a good way), and, as it鈥檚 almost Christmas, we contemplate nuclear extinction
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Make good choices
A Yorkshireman questions why procurement can鈥檛 be like buying a loaf of bread and the builders of the tallest tower want their workers to have the healthiest diet
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Wouldn鈥檛 it be lovely?
An optimistic Kit Malthouse introduces the 鈥榮limby鈥櫬燼nd the water cannon debacle makes us look back at some of Boris Johnson鈥檚 other great ideas聽
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Undercurrents
Tension is bubbling 鈥� opinions differ on what makes 鈥榖eautiful鈥� architecture, an MP ignores political plots and one of my hacks encounters Corbyn on the road
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Awkward questions
Clients experiment with a Cold War approach to contractors鈥� broken promises, Persimmon struggles to find聽a new boss unembarrassed by its own largesse, and the door staff get prickly at the 精东影视 Awards聽
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: tall tales
Workers at 22 Bishopsgate reminisce less than fondly over their summer sauna and the NHBC struggles to contain its laughter over government housing targets
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: It's all in the timing
This week鈥檚 construction gossip: Not only are women refusing to put up with any more nonsense, but now a man can鈥檛 even trust his smartphone not to cause offence
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: a single round of applause
Lack of trophy space might steal Foster + Partners鈥� Stirling prize 鈥榯riple鈥�, the Lib Dems get a single round of applause and firms gear up for word on the future of Help to Buy
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CommentHansom: What鈥檚 a man to do?
This week鈥檚 construction gossip: Not only are women refusing to put up with any more nonsense, but now a man can鈥檛 even trust his smartphone not to cause offence
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CommentHansom: Straight talkers
We hear Peter Rogers likes to get to the point, somebody isn鈥檛 very polite about 22 Bishopsgate, and a Man U fan is blindingly faithful聽鈥β�
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CommentHansom: What money can鈥檛 buy
The Tate鈥檚 wealthy neighbours find they鈥檝e bought into being part of the view, while youngsters鈥� financial aspirations are less than realistic 鈥� and the Bloomberg building smells of more than money 鈥β�