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Construction is the UK's most dangerous employment sector.
In the past five years alone, 221 workers have died, on average 44 people per year.
Health & Safety Executive figures for 2015/16 show that 43 construction workers were killed in the workplace in the year to 31st March 2016.…
LABC's annual President's Reception marks the handover from the current President to the holder of the post for the following year. This year's event, held at the Royal Society in St James' London, saw more than 150 guests journey back through the decades to celebrate 30 years since the formation…
LABC last week launched their new Quality Management System under the banner 'Build With Us'. LABC started consultation on standards, performance, competencies and qualifications with local authority building control teams two years ago and in 2016 created an autonomous Standards Committee to…
Shortlisted Finalists At Sloane, LondonProject Team: McLaren Construction, Cadogan, ReardonSmith ArchitectsLocal Authority: Royal Borough of Kensington & ChelseaRegion: London Blenkin Memorial Hall, BostonProject Team: Pinnacle Conservation Ltd, Soul Architects Ltd, The…
Air tightness testing is the recognised methodology in the UK of measuring the extent to which air is lost through uncontrolled leakage in a building. It is sometimes referred to as air leakage testing or air pressure testing and is a crucial indicator of a building’s energy efficiency.
Over…
Glass balustrades are a popular design feature for the home and for commercial properties. When specifying the use of glass balustrades in any project, there are a number of considerations that should be included in your design to ensure safety and best use of glazing type and fixings.…
Insulation specialist Actis will be presenting its popular SAP training sessions at two LABC virtual roadshows next month.
The first takes place on Wednesday 3 March from noon until 1:30 pm and, despite its virtual nature, is aimed at construction professionals in Cornwall and Devon.…
LABC has partnered with NFCC to give fire safety regulators and fire engineers access to dedicated training materials through a new learning portal.
LABC’s award winning Learning and Development team’s Virtual Learning Environment can now be securely accessed to upload training materials for…
Creating a new building from scratch can have its challenges. But achieving the low energy retrofit of an existing building can in some ways present a greater challenge still. Even so, there is a growing number of impressive and successful low energy retrofits across the UK.
What’s the…
A new survey of LABC’s 3,000 building standards surveyors has shown more than two thirds of local authority building control teams have surveyors with the top level competencies to deal with higher risk and complex buildings.
LABC has established that there are 1,096 local authority building…