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LABC’s President for 2022 is Heather Jones, Head of 3C Building Control in Cambridgeshire. She formally took over from Anthony Oloyede, who ended his pandemic impacted two-year stint at the end of December.
At her first major presidential engagement – the LABC Building Excellence Awards on 28…
MHCLG have announced a review on the ban on the use of combustible materials (including attachments) in and on external walls of buildings.
The consultation seeks views on amendments to the ban, including changes to building types covered, height threshold, list of exemptions,…
The LABC Grand Finals 2024 took place on Friday 24 January 2025, at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel. A celebration recognising excellent projects and individual contributions within the construction industry.A panel of expert judges carefully reviewed a diverse range of exceptional projects,…
The Construction Youth Trust have just launched a set of resources that will allow construction professionals to help students overcome barriers and encourage them to take up a career in construction.
Just 9% of young people would consider a construction job, according to …
Local authority building control surveyors provide the building control services for major shopping centres, supermarkets, mixed use developments, national roll-out programmes and small scale fit-outs. Our surveyors have been chosen to provide building control services on the most technically…
The LABC Grand Finals 2024 took place on Friday 24 January 2025, at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel. A celebration recognising excellent projects and individual contributions within the construction industry.A panel of expert judges carefully reviewed a diverse range of exceptional projects,…
LABC has become the latest industry body to sign up to the Building a Safer Future Charter.
The Charter has been created to promote an urgent and positive culture and behaviour change in the safety of the built environment. And organisations signing up have to demonstrate support of its five…
It's a legal requirement for building work to meet the Building Regulations (2010) and building control services, also known as building control bodies, check that work complies with the Building Regulations and associated legislation. Work that needs to be checked by building control includes…
Removing nearby or even pre-existing trees can be a real problem for the foundations of a property and LABC Warranty have published a technical blog on how to deal with this common issue.What is heave?When a tree is removed from the soil, water is no longer being absorbed by the tree roots meaning…
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