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Some work can be carried out without telling a building control body, providing you use a Competent Person Scheme (CPS) registered installer.
Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Wales Part N contains guidance on the safety of glazing in buildings.
The Approved Document can be downloaded below.
Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Part J contains guidance on the safety of heating appliances, including provisions for solid fuel, oil and gas-fired heating.
The Approved Document can be downloaded below, with additional guidance further…
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By April 2024 Building Control will become a regulated profession. The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will establish a register of building inspectors, across both public and private sector which opens in October 2023; all practising building control professionals will have to be registered by…
LABC has welcomed the responses from various industry bodies and experts that support its call for clarity on MHCLG proposals for a new building safety regulator.
The consultation, which closed on 31 July, has attracted industry wide comment for moving away from the locally accountable Joint…
Speaking at the Local Government Association's sixth national construction conference in London on Thursday 7 February 2019, Dame Judith Hackitt singled out the leadership and work of LABC in changing the way it operates and its focus on competency.
A career in construction can be a rewarding one but what about when the physicality of the job gets too much, or you feel you need a new challenge to keep you motivated?
Many of our 3,700 network of local authority building control professionals started out in non-building control careers. A…
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A delegate can transfer his or her place to another person within the same organisation. Please advise LABC of any name changes as soon as possible if you want to do this.
Welcome to the technical guidance page for Part K of the building regulations which provides for the safety of stairs, guarding, and glazing within and around buildings.
Approved Document K can be downloaded below, with additional guidance below that.