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Part of a set of official documents that support the technical parts of the building regulations. Part B volume 2, focuses on fire safety in buildings other than dwelling houses. Topics include means of warning and escape, internal fire spreading ( linings), internal fire spread ( structure),…
(From left to right: CEO of the British Board of Agrèment (BBA) Claire Curtis Thomas, CEO of LABC Paul Everall and Richard Beale of the BBA, at the 100% Hackitt Parliamentary Reception)
LABC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with both the BBA and the Institution…
Once you have completed your LABC BSc Hons in Building Control , you'll be eligible to apply for Chartered Member (MCIOB) level membership of the CIOB.
As part of your degree, you'll be given the opportunity to present your Professional Portfolio (log book) of work experience which…
So far 135 local public service building control teams have received formal ISO accreditation from Alcumus ISOQAR for their quality management. All local building control teams are expected to be similarly accredited by the end of this year. So far among the 135 accredited teams not a single case…
The project at Pochard Fishing Lodge, Great Brickhill, Milton Keynes was awarded the title of Best Small Commercial Project at the Grand Final of last year's LABC Building Excellence Awards – one of the most recognised events on the building industry’s calendar.
A panel of industry experts…
Parapet walls behave differently to conventional cavity walls because of their location at the very top of a building where both skins of the parapet are outer skins, and as such are exposed to moisture.
Traditionally constructed parapet walls can become saturated with rain and are also subject…
The use of timber in external walls as a structural frame is nothing new and has been used for centuries, typically in barns and churches. They are also used, for example, where they are the frame for a bay window or porches (see photo) with the use of timber posts instead of masonry or stone piers…
Work has started on the First Light Pavilion, a new visitor centre at the Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire. It will be the first concrete dome construction in the UK for over 25 years.
The development follows the completion of the LABC award-winning SKA (Square Kilometre Array…
Part O of the Building Regulations requires overheating mitigation for all new dwellings. Furthermore, details about the dwelling must be given to the owner of the building to allow them to use the overheating mitigation strategy effectively – but what information should be provided and when?…
Building regulations require landings at the top and bottom of every stair or ramp flight. The length of the landing should be at least as long as the stair or ramp is wide. The width of a stair or ramp is defined as the clear width between the walls or balustrades.
Generally, there is no width…