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Neil Gibbins - Protecting the 'Golden Thread'
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This document is part of a suite of PDF presentations from the LABC National Housing Conference 2015.
The building regulations provide controls for building work to be done for health, safety, security, welfare, convenience, access for people in and about buildings and for energy efficiency purposes. The requirement for energy efficiency is laid out in, what is commonly referred to as, Part L of…
Recent advice from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel, set up by the government in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, notes that the risk of unsafe HPL cladding systems on residential buildings of 18m or more, is not as high as the risk of unsafe ACM Category 3 panel systems (ACM with…
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…
You may have come across Approved Document Q - Security by now if you’re involved with building or designing new dwellings.
The document ensures reasonable provision to resist unauthorised access through ‘physical attack by a casual or opportunist burglar’.
The requirement applies to both…
Client: Rushcliffe Borough Council and Parkwood Leisure
Contractor: Farrans Construction
Architect: McAdam Design
Project Manager: Turner and Townsend
LABC team: East Midlands Building Consultancy
Project summary
The £13.4 million redevelopment of the…
Did you know that all new homes now have to meet minimum standards of security under new Building Regulation Part Q? This rule came into force on 1 October 2015 and applies to new-build houses and flats and those formed by a change of use such as barn conversions.
The new standards say that ‘…
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…
Result of a fire caused by downlighters (courtesy of Manchester City Council Building control)
Downlighters have become the norm for lighting, particularly where head height is limited. Instead of a single light fitting there can often be multiple downlighters.…