All Hansom articles – Page 7

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    Hansom: In the rough

    2018-09-28T06:00:00Z

    How time can be best spent on the golf course, Fosters keeps score with its award tally, and industry leaders fail to see the joke at the launch of Clyde Co’s report about offsite manufacturing …

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    Hansom: Look lively

    2018-09-21T06:00:00Z

    Battling to stay awake? You’re not alone – new research reveals napping is rife in construction, while thers in the industry are kept on their toes on a tour of Amsterdam

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    Hansom: Full of surprises

    2018-09-14T06:00:00Z

    Staff at Edinburgh Zoo change their clothes for an unexpected reason, I’m misled by a fancy-sounding project, and an apartment with prestigious links proves hard to sell …

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    Hansom: It’s a rollercoaster

    2018-09-07T06:00:00Z

    Heads spin and stomachs churn at Lendlease’s new £100,000 VR facility, while Crossrail avoids admitting to a bumpy ride of its own. Meanwhile in Brexitland, it’s a relief to know that all is as well as ever …

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    Hansom: Time out

    2018-08-31T06:00:00Z

    Costain’s CEO refreshingly forgets about Brexit, and Lendlease’s boss is on a well-earned break. Meanwhile, for those who are slogging away, the Spurs stadium is the place to be…

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    Hansom: Where the money is

    2018-08-24T06:00:00Z

    Accountants charge up to £1,156 an hour to sort out Carillion, and an MP gets on stage to prove once again that politics is just showbusiness for ugly people

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    Hansom: Ups and downs

    2018-08-10T06:00:00Z

    From news stories to new storeys, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s former home is flattened for redevelopment, while a new office block in Clerkenwell just looks demolished

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    Hansom: Lazy-hazy-crazy days

    2018-08-03T06:00:00Z

    President Trump makes a few more lives difficult and Jacob Rees-Mogg assures us he’ll find a way to improve ours; meanwhile, everyone else just wants to put their out-of-office on and get away

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    Hansom: Confusion reigns

    2018-07-31T06:00:00Z

    Willmott Dixon’s suppliers confront their inner rubber ducks, and the waters rise at the Houses of Parliament

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    Hansom: What a coincidence

    2018-07-20T06:00:00Z

    England hung on in the World Cup for just long enough to inconvenience consultants’ party planning – and is it Big Ben’s lack of hands that has removed parliamentarians’ sense of urgency about Brexit?

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    Hansom: For a better world

    2018-07-13T12:01:00Z

    This week, women in construction stick the boot in, scientists harness the power of mushrooms for a more eco-friendly brick and the words ‘coffee mug’ get a whole new meaning

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    Hansom: Industry exposure

    2018-07-06T06:00:00Z

    The housing sector gets a dressing-down on The Archers, the leader of the Lib Dems unsettles the RIBA and Interserve skirts around the issue of a major loss. Well, they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity …

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    Hansom: Who, me?

    2018-06-29T06:00:00Z

    Confusion reigns as a four-year-old building ends up with a RIBA award and the Commonwealth Games tries to keep the identity of its demolition contractor secret

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    Hansom: Sharp words

    2018-06-22T06:00:00Z

    Interserve chief Debbie White counters the verbal jabs of government with understatement, while even a toddler can see the lack of progress on a road upgrade

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    Hansom: Breaking news

    2018-06-15T06:00:00Z

    Haringey should take a look at Croydon to see how long it takes to build homes and there’s yet more bad news for Carillion employees

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    Hansom: Mind your language

    2018-06-11T09:23:00Z

    While Taylor Wimpey takes to literature to win over the nation’s youth to the construction cause, some people just need to wash their mouths out

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    Hansom: Crazy for you

    2018-06-01T06:00:00Z

    A Ferris wheel causes a little too much excitement, and a new book reveals the psychopathic secrets of chief executives’ success

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    Hansom: It’s all in the timing

    2018-05-25T06:00:00Z

    Carillion’s former finance boss is recognised for his judicious timing, while Willmott Dixon’s snapper captures just the right moment (smile!)

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    Hansom: All directions

    2018-05-18T06:00:00Z

    Jeremy Corbyn ventures southwards while HS2 mixes up England and Scotland and a New York seller is resorting to launching customers into space to flog flats

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    Hansom: Funny business

    2018-05-11T06:00:00Z

    Interserve’s finance director is good for a laugh – and the share price deal he got for himself certainly gives him something to smile aboutÂ