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A consultation was published on 18 June 2018 banning the use of combustible materials on the external walls of high-rise residential buildings which…
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Part Q – Security has been part of the English Building Regulations since October 2015 and from November 2018 the Welsh version will take effect.…
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Our latest construction awards event, the East Midlands Building Excellence Awards, took place at the Athena Cinema in Leicester on Friday 6 July…
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LABC have now submitted our detailed response to the final report and put simply, we support the Review's whole system approach and all of its…
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Asbestos was widely used in home construction from 1930 to around 2000, particularly from 1960 onwards. If you are dealing with an extension or…
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Our first wave of local authorities working to LABC’s new national standards, which are independently audited by UKAS accredited Alcumus ISOQAR, have…
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The West Yorkshire Building Excellence Awards 2018 took place last Friday night in the Cedar Court Leeds/Bradford Hotel 2018. Local authority…
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Friday night saw 250 construction professionals and council building control workers gather for the LABC West Midlands Excellence Awards 2018 at the…
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The net economic benefit of public service building control interventions in construction projects could be as high as £1.85 billion.  That’s the…