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Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Part K contains guidance on the safety of stairs, guarding, and glazing within and around buildings.
The Approved Document can be downloaded below.
LABC is delighted to welcome the newest, youngest and cutest member to our network.
In August, Donna and Sam Tully of Somerset Building Control Partnership, both surveyors, celebrated the birth of their son – Archie – at a very healthy 8lb 9oz. We believe Archie is our very first ‘LABC…
The LABC Member Conference took place in Hinckley Island on 25-26 March. It was a record-breaking conference in terms of the number of delegates (350) and exhibitors, and a huge amount of information was passed on to our audience of local authority building control professionals, from a range of…
Yes. You should discuss any proposed building work with those neighbours who are most likely to be affected – either by the finished structure or the building process through things like noise or dust.
If your building plans involve shared walls or boundaries you may also need to get your…
Yesterday, in a written statement, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire, updated the government's response to the Grenfell tragedy.
Among the announcements were amendments to the approved documents confirming what materials can be used on…
Buildings account for 30% of total UK carbon emissions. In December 2020, the Government pledged to cut the UK’s carbon emissions by 68% (from 1990 levels) by 2030 and launched a ten-point plan for a green industrial revolution including a commitment to both retrofit existing buildings and raise…
This document is part of our suite of technical guidance notes from the Building Control Alliance.
The Building Regulations exist to ensure the health and safety of people in and around all types of buildings and they provide for energy conservation, security, and access to buildings. Here are the Approved Documents and related technical guidance for Wales.
SAP 10 is cited in Approved Document L Volume 1: Dwellings (2012 edition) for England and is the recognised calculation methodology for assessing compliance of new dwellings with Requirement L1 of the Building Regulations. What is it all about and what are the recent changes to SAP?
What is SAP…
Chassay Last Architects was awarded the title of Best Partnership with a Local Authority Building Control Team 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…