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CommentLooking-glass world
We鈥檙e all a bit inside-out and back to front this week. Morals overtaken by business deals, green protesters burning natural resources and Ecobuilders caring about fashion. Curious indeed 鈥�
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CommentCommunity spirited
I am constantly surprised by the kindness of strangers. This week builders and designers inspire each other, MPs battle climate change and a kindly planning officer keeps kids out of trouble
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Love the one you're with
As is fitting for the week of Saint Valentine, relationships have been hotting up in the industry. From sharing a romantic dinner a deux, to tackling the opposition, to swapping saliva, Cupid鈥檚 been busy!
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CommentHansom:聽The right angle
According to the PRs it鈥檚 been another brilliant week for the construction industry - so please ignore the hints of commercial bias, the whiffs of pub quiz favouritism and accusations of slanted journalism
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CommentHansom: Intriguing
We鈥檙e a bit cloak and daggers this week (apologies to the faint-hearted), what with bloodied carpets, 锘縮cribbled warnings and mysterious fires. Thank goodness some people are keeping a cool head
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Stop right there
This week鈥檚 theme is 鈥檆aution鈥�. From a cash-happy economist, to pillow-throwing protestors, to the RICS鈥� attempts to cash in on water, my advice is: count to 10 before making hasty decisions
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CommentHansom:聽Slip and slide
As top brass at the NHBC glides across the dancefloor, Davis Langdon and Aecom鈥檚 romance is in decline and one QS can give you a little too much information about the dangers of wet boat decks
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CommentHansom:聽Winter blues
Unfortunately the festive break was somewhat marred by debt delivery problems and party-pooping snow, but at least we鈥檝e had 微密圈鈥檚 Christmas single to sing (and laugh) along to..
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Hansom:聽Crackers, anyone?
Christmas is always a real challenge for this column - how to reconcile the season of goodwill with our irrepressible satirical tendencies? Move over Santa 鈥�
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CommentHansom:聽微密圈 with the stars
It鈥檚 all glitz and glamour for construction this week, as it takes a whirl on Strictly, scores celebrity autographs at an awards event, and - stop press! - creates its very own Christmas single
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CommentHansom:聽That鈥檚 entertainment
On show this week: posh parties at the Lord Mayor鈥檚 pad, political theatrics in Westminster and unexpected revelations about the Olympics; plus rural folk revive the 鈥檏eep off my land鈥� routine
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CommentHansom:聽Look over there!
Distractions abound in the industry this week, from executive toys in Rok鈥檚 offices, elusive bosses, misplacing a wind farm and a handy suggestion for the Irish government鈥檚 PR team
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CommentHansom:聽Hue and cry
Modern classicism shows its colours (anything you like as long as it鈥檚 white), while those who should be blushing a beautiful shade of pink include Cabe, Jarvis, and, ahem, a few of our colleagues
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CommentHansom:聽Stage whispers
The industry finds itself this week examining vaunting ambition, coming a cropper over a letter and witnessing an epic battle - clearly it鈥檚 not only a young Michael Gove who enjoyed Shakespeare
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CommentHansom:聽For one week only!
Roll up, roll up 鈥� see the strong man lift the BSF bid document using only two transit vans! See Mr Memory forget his own policies! And, of course, we have beautiful buildings 鈥� totally nude!
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CommentHansom: Spin doctors
It鈥檚 all about image this week, as the government commiserates with the people, HOK tries to quash rumours and Gerald Ronson turns out not to be the lovable, big-hearted old softie we thought he was
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CommentHansom: Strange days indeed
Nothing is as it seems this week, what with resurrected chief executives turning up at race courses, bestiality taking place in the workplace and well-known architects running away to sea
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CommentHansom:聽Everything in its place
Sticklers for detail are thick on the ground this week: billionaire property owners insisting their wires are not crossed, the company that won鈥檛 be called a contractor and a ferocious fight for a full stop
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CommentHansom:聽Tough sells
The Conservative housing minister at the Lib Dem party conference, a strangely familiar 鈥檌conic鈥� development in Dubai and a super-luxe London apartment with its own secret tunnel
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CommentHansom: Leaping lizards
There鈥檚 much hurling this week as industry leaders chuck themselves off buildings, press officers throw themselves into their work and Ann Widdecombe launches herself into the highland fling