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The LABC Grand Finals 2024 took place on Friday 24 January 2025, at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel. A celebration recognising excellent projects and individual contributions within the construction industry.A panel of expert judges carefully reviewed a diverse range of exceptional projects,…
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…
Outgoing LABC President voices fears over DCLG’s lack of concern for consumers and council taxpayers
Outgoing LABC President Peter Keates has called on the government to maintain a coherent building control system in order to reduce increasing costs for local authorities and property owners. Speaking at a reception on board HMS Belfast attended by 160 representatives from the building…
More than 500 people from local government have attended a series of LABC/LGA (Local Government Association) regional briefings and questions posed at these events have revealed concern about MHCLG’s plans for reform of the building safety regulation system.
The briefings were part of LABC…
LABC via our local authority members is pleased to support the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) in England in the regulation of higher risk buildingsThe Building Safety (Regulator’s Charges) Regulations 2023 enable the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to make and recover charges for, and in…
LABC’s ISO standard quality management system has gone from strength to strength with more than 230 LABC teams receiving accreditation or on the way to do so. This represents 87% of the teams in a 3,500 strong network.
The process began back in December 2017 when Alcumus ISOQAR conducted a…
The LABC Grand Finals 2024 took place on Friday 24 January 2025, at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel. A celebration recognising excellent projects and individual contributions within the construction industry.A panel of expert judges carefully reviewed a diverse range of exceptional projects,…
Data released by the London Assembly paints a bleak picture of diversity in the construction industry...
Analysis of Skills Funding Agency data has revealed that gender stereotypes continue to influence the male to female ratio of apprenticeships in industries that have traditionally been…
Local Authority Building Control (LABC), the membership organisation for 3,500 public service building surveyors in England and Wales, has launched a fully funded trainee scheme to attract new recruits into the profession.
Following the landmark Building Safety Act 2022, LABC is boosting…