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The New Homes Review is a new, independent online homeowner survey and annual report on the new home buying experience in the UK.
This has been launched in response to the recent findings of the All Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment regarding customer…
Here at LABC, we offer a range of accredited qualifications from levels 3 to 6 for Local Authority Building Control teams. Whether you want to top up your professional knowledge or learn something new, you can enrol onto one of our enriching qualifications and progress your career in building…
The UK economy is missing out on £10 billion each year because home owners are so fearful of hiring a cowboy builder, they simply don’t commission building work, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Key results from the FMB’s research into consumer confidence in…
Building a Safer Future Charter launches with first companies on way to becoming ‘Charter Champions’
The Building a Safer Future (BSF) Charter has launched its ‘Charter Champion’ company initiative to help companies drive the systemic culture change required to put building safety first.
Through robust self-assessment, benchmarking and independent verification, the BSF Charter Champion company…
Here at LABC, in our role as membership organisation for a national network of local authority building control teams in England and Wales, we're committed to providing public and consumer protection as well as to enforcing the building regulations.
Here are just some of the ways we're doing…
LABC – the membership organisation for public service building control – has welcomed the publication of the Building Safety Bill.
The bill – based on last year’s draft bill – sets out the government’s proposals to make buildings safer and includes clauses introducing the professional…
We all work, rest and play in a range of buildings – from our homes, schools, colleges, restaurants, pubs, clubs, leisure centres and hotels.
We all take it for granted the buildings we work, live in or visit are accessible, healthy and safe for us to use, but have you ever wondered whose…
LABC has welcomed the responses from various industry bodies and experts that support its call for clarity on MHCLG proposals for a new building safety regulator.
The consultation, which closed on 31 July, has attracted industry wide comment for moving away from the locally accountable Joint…
The following serves as a warning to companies who fail to comply with the building regulations, and homeowners who can find themselves dealing with unscrupulous or unprofessional contractors...
In January, South Gloucestershire Council prosecuted a local builder to the tune of £11,689 when he…
CITB chief executive Adrian Belton has resigned after three years in the job. He stepped down at the end of December, with chief financial officer and corporate performance director, Sarah Beale, becoming acting chief executive. When Mr Belton became chief executive of the CITB in January 2014, his…