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Following the collapse of a flat roof in a school the Standard Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS) have issued a safety alert on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).
RAAC planks were predominantly used in the 1960-80s and despite being called concrete, you cannot treat them as…
LABC Building Excellence Awards 2021 winner: Best Residential Conversion to Create a Single New Home
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…
LABC is deeply concerned after hearing from a senior official at MHCLG that the ministry intends to allow Approved Inspectors a continued role in the regulation of in scope buildings.
In the current consultation Dame Judith Hackitt's Joint Competent Authority has been dropped in favour of a new…
Knauf Insulation’s Earthwool® DriTherm Cavity Slabs are approved for use in all exposure zones by the British Board of Agrément.
The possibility of wind-driven rain penetrating a cavity wall depends on the exposure level of the site or building. This varies according to where it is in the…
LABC – the independent organisation representing more than 3000 building surveyors working for local councils – has welcomed changes which should lead to higher quality building work and clamp down on rogue builders.
Previous rules had meant that building sites could only be inspected at set…
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…
Article updated on 31 January 2024A recent CROSS newsletter featured a report about a basement retaining wall excavation collapse in order to highlight the importance of sufficient propping during excavation.A design project on a 1980s terrace sought to develop a residential basement…
This week has been Women in Construction Week, organised to celebrate women working in construction and encourage more women to join the industry.
We hear from two LABC surveyors about how they ended up in Building Control and their experiences so far.
“I did…
LABC has welcomed the prosecution in Manchester Crown Court of an Oldham based property developer whose project saw the complete collapse of the roof and the injury to one person.
Riaz Ahmad employed builders with no experience and who demolished almost every internal wall and support before an…
Prior to the government’s announcement on limiting non-essential travel, LABC Acoustics had already taken the decision to stand down our survey engineers with immediate effect.
This decision was not taken lightly but we must consider our responsibility to proactively manage and do our part to…