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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…
Timloc Building Products’ Thermo-loc FR cavity closer is a fire-rated cavity closer used to close the cavity at external doors, window jambs and sills.
It is made up of rigid, lightweight UPVC profiles fitted with fire-rated Rockfibre mineral wool insulation material (0.035W/mk) and is available…
Storyhouse, constructed by Kier Construction and designed by Ellis Williams Architects for Cheshire West & Chester Council was awarded the title of Best Change of Use of an Existing Building or Conversion at the LABC Building Excellence Awards Grand Finals – one of the most recognised events on…
On 28 November 2016 we held our National Awards for Building Excellence at the Westminster Park Plaza in London. Hosted by Nick Knowles of DIY SOS the evening was a tremendous success, celebrating some fantastic building projects undertaken throughout England & Wales during 2015…
The typical low rise domestic foundation detail to the left might be familiar to you. It's taken from the Building Construction Handbook 10th Edition, written by Roy Chudley & Roger Greeno.First published in 1988 it's been one of the most popular reference books for anyone attending…
Insulslab is a complete cast in situ system, based on a foundation which comprises a series of interlocking expanded polystyrene pods forming a substantially rigid ‘waffle’-shaped slab. Steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) is poured over the top to form the finished foundation.
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AHCHP Prescot Road in Liverpool, was awarded the title of Best Public Service Building at the Grand Final of the LABC Building Excellence Awards – one of the most recognised events on the building industry’s calendar.
A panel of industry experts judged a list of the highest quality projects…
Insulating concrete formwork (ICF) is one of the modern methods of construction experiencing growth in the UK self-build sector. It’s an insulated in-situ concrete build system that can be quickly constructed and can offer levels of performance significantly better than that available from slower,…
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.…
With the UK’s decision to leave the European Community, there will be a tendency to focus on that alone and forget about what else this country needs to do. There may be calls to reduce regulation in order to stimulate house building if that is seen to be in decline. That would be short-sighted in…