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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…
Jewson Live, the UK's biggest trade show for construction industry professionals, takes place on Thursday 15th December 2016 at the NEC in Birmingham, and LABC's own Martin Taylor will be there to talk about building regulation compliance.
The event will have:
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The challenge
Fairfield Farm College, Dilton Marsh, Westbury in Wiltshire provides education for 36 young adults with learning difficulties. A new single storey building was to be built, which was to house a shop run by students, a small cafe area and additional teaching space. The college would…
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…
If you get the chance to go to Hong Kong, make sure you look closely at the many construction sites all over the city.
You may come across bamboo scaffolding like that shown in the photo to the right and above. This scaffolding covered a 25-storey building with what appeared to be thousands of…
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…
A suite of 114 solid wall or “monolithic” masonry construction details have been added to LABC’s collection of 250 registered construction details (RCDs). LABC’s Registered Construction Details (RCDs) help you combat the problem of cold bridging at construction joints by minimising heat loss…
A recent CROSS report from structural safety organisation SCOSS highlights the importance of regular maintenance checks, getting the drainage right and the correct design of flat roofs.
The report concerns the collapse of a roof at a 1960s school constructed…
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…
Fire Door Safety Week is an annual event which aims to focus on issues around fire doors and fire safety. In anticipitation of this year's campaign (running 24 - 30 September) here's an article produced by the British Woodworking Foundation (BWF) answering 15 common myths around fire doors. An…