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Excellent construction was celebrated at the South East LABC Building Excellence Awards 2018 in Brighton on Friday 22 June 2018.
The venue was once again the beautiful Brighton Grand Hotel and this year's winners and highly commendeds were announced by LABC's Business Development Director…
Regional Winners
Ashlawn Meadows
Region: West Midlands
Project Team: Grace Homes, RAAB Design
Local Authority: Warwick Building Consortium…
The FIA (Fire Industry Association) have issued a guidance note on the Building Regulations amendments that came into force in 2018.
The amendment introduced major restrictions on on the combustibility of materials used within external walls of certain types of buildings (referred…
The government has recently announced a number of new housing measures to champion the rights of homebuyers and help ensure that when buying a new home they get the quality of build they rightly expect.
Update 26 May 2020: Natalie Elphicke has been chosen to chair the board that will get…
LABC supported the NHIC (The National Home Improvement Council) debate hosted by President Rt Hon Baroness Maddock in Parliament yesterday. Entitled healthy Homes and the Role of Refurbishment, the debate looked at what needs to be done to raise awareness and standards to ensure UK homes are…
A recent CROSS report from structural safety organisation SCOSS highlights the importance of regular maintenance checks, getting the drainage right and the correct design of flat roofs.
The report concerns the collapse of a roof at a 1960s school constructed…
Levelling floors seems like a straightforward job, but it’s often complicated.
Shrinkage, poor workmanship, deflection and the type of materials used can all lead to an out of level floor - and worse, you’re likely to only find out after the job’s finished!
So, how much deflection is…
More than 750 leading construction industry figures attended the LABC Building Excellence Awards at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel to acclaim best practise, quality and standards in construction.
These were the first Building Excellence Awards since 2019 following the global pandemic and LABC…
New LABC President Chris Griffith-Jones (pictured right in the above image), has replaced last year's President Richard Scott and pledged to help continue improving skills, competencies and standards for its members in England and Wales.
He said, "I want to continue building on the good work…
BREEAM is the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method for buildings. It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and is recognised across the UK as the measure used to describe a building's environmental performance.
Many public funded buildings and…