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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…
Below is a list of projects, people and companies who have made outstanding contributions to construction this year (or find out what happened on the night and view your photos):
Winners and Highly Commended
Best Extension or Alteration to…
Article updated on 31 January 2024Part C1(2) of the Building Regulations requires reasonable precautions to be taken to avoid danger to health and safety caused by contaminants, including radon gas, on or in the ground to be covered by a building and any land associated with the building.A…
Simon Adamson is Site Manager for Croudace Homes.
During the process of constructing a residential development which included 78 dwellings of two to five bedrooms and a new village hall in Meppershall, Bedfordshire, Simon along with his local council building control inspector decided this was…
Recently RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) volunteer crew Guy Cooper, Head of Building Control at Plymouth City Council, hung up his yellow wellies and switched off his pager after 14 years of dedicated service to his local community with Looe RNLI. Everyone who knows Guy will also know…
A private sector approved inspector, PWC Building Control Services Ltd (PWC), filed for voluntary liquidation in August 2024. The active building projects that it was working on, if they haven’t already transferred, will almost inevitably now have to revert to public service building control…
Attracting new blood to public sector building control remains an urgent issue as the effects of a demographic time bomb hit, incoming LABC President Jayne Hall says. Jayne, Building Control & Land Charges Manager at West Somerset Council, has officially taken over the year-long voluntary role…
After a weekend of Remembrance in the UK, we at LABC are remembering two of our surveyors who sadly passed away recently.
Justin Booth
Justin Booth was a manager at Bradford City Council Building Control for many years before moving to Harrogate Building Control.
Justin is described by…
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…
Last year the now annual Fire Door Safety Week (FDSW) campaign run by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) reached some 19 million people, through the support of a wide range of organisations and companies helping to spread the word that fire doors save lives and protect property.…