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CommentHansom: Real talent
This week, a septuagenarian warms up for a rugby match, Grant Shapps doggedly pursues his dream to have more Twitter followers than anyone else, and a JCB digger covers itself in glory
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NewsHansom: That extra mile
This week, there may be a problem with the Olympic drainage system but the longest toy train track in th锘縠 world shows British engineering at its best - as does last minute marathon woman, Freya Murray
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CommentHansom: Games, set and match
In the week the Olympics hit town, ministers blame rainy days for construction鈥檚 part in the double-dip recession, some super-heroic charity fundraising efforts and NLA鈥檚 Peter Murray tells it like it is
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CommentHansom: Hidden depths
This week, Grant Shapps is unmasked as a 鈥榖ot鈥�, RIBA鈥檚 Angela Brady reveals herself to be multilingual (sort of), and Wilmott Dixon tries to alert school children to the hazard s of getting plastered
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CommentHansom: A spot of mischief
This week, Labour鈥檚 shadow construction minister reveals his inner child, Tessa Jowell recalls Howard Shiplee鈥檚 feminist leanings, 黑洞社区 fails to cut it with a mallet and a saucy video for 鈥� paint
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CommentHansom: Making a good impression
The enigmatic Ray O鈥橰ourke loses both a yacht trip and planning permission to rebuild his house, Rory Bremner does his homework and the CIC adopts a cutting-edge approach to entertaining
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CommentHansom:聽Naming and shaming
Shameless marketing tactics this week, plus, an engineer and an architect run out of gas, what people are calling Zaha Hadid, and the latest outbreak of acronymitis at the civil service
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CommentHansom: Mixed metaphors
A leading proponent of free schools displays numeracy problems, there鈥檚 some creative re-engineering of history, and the column is enlivened by some creative wordplay as the industry waxes lyrical
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CommentHansom: Give the dog a bone
Greg Barker reveals a key player in the Green Deal consultation process, WSP gets ready to grow up, Seddon hires an on-site poet and Crossrail is getting ready to show off a prehistoric bison
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CommentHansom: Taking the Mickey
This week, Disney turns out to be a surprise authority on BIM, the timber debate goes Transatlantic, a second Atkins employee carries the Olympic torch forward and, last but not least, the Gherkin collapses
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CommentHansom: Libert茅, 茅galit茅, fraternit茅
This week, has Fran莽ois Hollande saved the Hinkley Point nuclear project? Plus, the NFB builds bridges, Gleeds鈥� Richard Steer considers a career as a lifeguard and some (relatively) positive press for Grant Shapps
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CommentHansom: Doubling up
This week, the long-awaited Kanye West/OMA collaboration, the white heat of technology at the BCO conference and a Godzilla-sized image of the House of Windsor looms over London
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CommentHansom: Break out the canapes
This week, Make鈥檚 Ken Shuttleworth puts on a good spread, RIBA throws a party at the V&A, energy minister Greg Barker gets told off, and a terrible odour reaches 黑洞社区 Towers
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CommentHansom: All's fair in love and war
This week, architects strike back at the Olympic marketing rules, the Queen鈥檚 Speech is yet another repeat, One World Trade Center comes up short and Eros gets a little tlc
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CommentHansom: Capital gains
The pricey apartments at the Shard have many USPs, but are transport links really the clincher? Meanwhile Sweett is sour over lifts and work of a kind begins at Blackfriars One, but don鈥檛 get too excited
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CommentHansom: Critical condition
It鈥檚 all a bit confrontational this week as Giles Coren offers his opinion on the Shard and David Lock takes on Nick Raynsford鈥� let鈥檚 hope Sir John Armitt finds more satisfaction in his role as wedding planner
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CommentHansom: Bit of a cover-up
From the site hoardings obscured by topiary to the 2012 Sir John Armitt swimsuit calendar, this column wonders when it鈥檚 best to keep some things under wraps 鈥�
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CommentHansom: In it to win it
This week, Crossrail has some fighting talk for Bam Nuttall, West Ham鈥檚 owners get excited about their Olympic stadium bid and Foster鈥檚 team battles more opposition in its quest for a South-east airport
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CommentHansom: Life's rich tapestry
This week, a construction site is stopped in its tracks by a shoal of fish, we expose the harsh realities of hotdesking, and gain an insight into the formative (target-driven) years of Davis Langdon鈥檚 Bob Pell
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CommentHansom: Seize the day
Whether you鈥檙e playing on your phone during a conference, making the best of a political crisis, stalking a stranger to their home or cycling to Manchester, this is a week for throwing caution to the wind