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Asbestos was widely used in home construction from 1930 to around 2000, particularly from 1960 onwards. If you are dealing with an extension or refurbishment of a property built around this time then it’s possible that you will come into contact with asbestos materials. Asbestos was commonly used…
Adding a porch to provide shelter at the entrance of your home is often a smaller project which doesn't require building regulations approval provided that:
The porch is at ground level
The porch is less than 30 square metres in floor area
The existing front entrance door of the…
London Borough of Camden’s building control team has won LABC Warranty’s Bricks & Mortar Partnership award for 2015. The award was in recognition of the team’s outstanding work in promoting the warranty scheme, which was set up by LABC to provide a structural warranty service exclusively to…
A consultation was published on 18 June 2018 banning the use of combustible materials on the external walls of high-rise residential buildings which are 18 metres or over.
This was announced in Parliament by the Housing Secretary, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP who said: “The Grenfell Tower fire…
Sometimes non-loadbearing walls in flats are constructed to provide a safe route to evacuate from inside in the event of a fire. Generally, there is little opportunity for rescue from flats via upper floor windows in the same way for occupants of a typical house. Evacuation from bedrooms where…
A new report written by Mark Farmer, CEO of Cast Consultancy on behalf of the Construction Leadership Council provides a stark review of the problems within the construction industry.
From an ageing workforce to underinvestment, from lack of incentives to alignment between industry and…
LABC welcomes the Building Safety Act which received Royal Assent last week. The 252-page bill, which started its passage through Parliament last July, will improve building standards, ensure the safety of residents, and protect leaseholders from the costs of any remedial work. The new Act sees the…
Oracle Cancer Trust is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to funding pioneering research into head and neck cancer. Over the past five years Oracle has spent over £1.5m in research that has resulted in real breakthroughs discovering kinder and better treatments for the 14,000 patients who undergo…
LABC is delighted to announce the re-launch of our awards programme for 2021/22.
As you know, COVID-19 did not stop work for the construction industry last year so it’s time to celebrate the excellent projects completed in 2020 and the fabulous, talented people who made them happen.
The…