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Friday night saw 250 construction professionals and council building control workers gather for the LABC West Midlands Excellence Awards 2018 at the Telford International Centre. LABC's Head of Network Change and Transformation Richard Scott was host for the evening.
The LABC Building Excellence…
More than 900 leading construction industry figures attended the LABC Building Excellence Awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London to celebrate best practice, quality, and exemplary standards in construction.The LABC Building Excellence Awards focus on professional skills and competence, as well…
More than 900 leading construction industry figures attended the LABC Building Excellence Awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London to celebrate best practice, quality, and exemplary standards in construction.The LABC Building Excellence Awards focus on professional skills and competence, as well…
Shortlisted Finalists
Chaucer Road
Region: Central
Project Team: JM Contractors Ltd, Benchmark Architects, and Alex Davy
Local Authority: Bedford Borough Council…
A suite of 114 solid wall or “monolithic” masonry construction details have been added to LABC’s collection of 250 registered construction details (RCDs). LABC’s Registered Construction Details (RCDs) help you combat the problem of cold bridging at construction joints by minimising heat loss…
You may have read How to get it right - roof truss "alterations"? The article explained the serious pitfalls of attempting to alter a trussed roof to create additional floor space.
Because of their design, any removal of the central “W” where most of the loads are distributed, can…
This House of Commons Library Briefing sets out the events and commentary around the fire, the relevant building regulations, fire safety laws and housing standards, the Government response to the fire, the responsibilities around re-housing, and previous concerns raised with fire regulations.
Shortlisted Finalists
Region: Central
Local Authority Building Control: Somerset Building Control Partnership
Andy Webb & Tony Westwood Builders…
Local authority building control is the largest provider of building control services to the construction industry by far and as a not-for-profit operation our services are always charged at cost.
Here are some of the developments our teams have been involved in:
Following the collapse of a flat roof in a school the Standard Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS) have issued a safety alert on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).
RAAC planks were predominantly used in the 1960-80s and despite being called concrete, you cannot treat them as…