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More than 850 leading construction industry figures attended the LABC Building Excellence Awards at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel to celebrate best practice, quality, and exemplary standards in construction.
The LABC Building Excellence Awards focus on professional skills and competence, as…
A plan by Swedish home decor giant IKEA and construction wizard Skanska to bring their low cost sustainable off-site housing model to the UK has been welcomed by insulation specialist Actis.
The Scandi heroes will be championing their revolutionary BoKlok housing initiative at this month's…
Following its successful launch at the London Gherkin on 13 December 2016, the CIOB Academy is now well and truly up and running!
Their ‘by industry, for industry’ philosophy, was particularly well received by attendees to the event, and the many new training opportunities were greeted with…
LABC's Head of Engagement Anna Thompson gave a Jewson Toolkit Talk recently and we recommend the video for anyone involved in construction. Homeowners will also find much of the information to be of interest.
Watch if you're interested in knowing a bit about the history of…
LABC supported and gave evidence to the Commission of Inquiry into the quality and workmanship of new housing established by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment.
Its report published today, "More Homes, Fewer Complaints", lists ten recommendations which LABC…
More than 900 leading construction industry figures attended the LABC Building Excellence Awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London to celebrate best practice, quality, and exemplary standards in construction.The LABC Building Excellence Awards focus on professional skills and competence, as well…
Local Authority Building Control (LABC), the membership organisation for 3,500 public service building surveyors in England and Wales, has launched a fully funded trainee scheme to attract new recruits into the profession.
Following the landmark Building Safety Act 2022, LABC is boosting…
One of our building control surveyors recently encountered this attempt to comply with the Equality Act. The unit had been split into two and a new shop entrance was created.
Despite their best efforts the access ramp provided didn’t conform to the guidance offered in Approved Document M…
The UK economy is missing out on £10 billion each year because home owners are so fearful of hiring a cowboy builder, they simply don’t commission building work, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Key results from the FMB’s research into consumer confidence in…
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…