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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…
Article updated on 31 January 2024Roof trusses offer a quick and efficient alternative to a conventional timber roof but they're quite delicate when not in their fully braced vertical position.They work through a combination of tension and compression to ensure that the timber chords and web sizes…
Nearly 200,000 people descended on Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, for one of the world's largest festivals. Throughout most of the year, the venue is a working farm, but during the Glastonbury Festival it transforms into a vast temporary international city.
A huge amount of work takes place…
With all the main political parties making significant commitments to increase housebuilding, LABC has called on them to recognise changes to the industry are needed if any of the pledges are to be implemented.
So far, the Conservatives have pledged to build 1 million homes in the next five…
With a capacity of up to 210,000 people, Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset is set to be one of the world's largest festivals of 2022. Throughout most of the year, the venue is a working farm, but during the Glastonbury Festival it transforms into a vast temporary international city. Usually, Mendip…
On 14 August 2019 Paul Timmins, Chief Executive of ACAI had an article published in Inside Housing in which he argued that the building control sector is on the cusp of disaster due to the difficulties some Approved Inspectors have faced when renewing their insurance. There were a number…
The internet seems full of pictures of giant rats in London sewers and there is a saying that we are never more than 6ft away from one, but should we be doing more to limit or restrict their spread?Pest entry into premises can range from acceptable seasonal issues such as insects in the summer,…
More than 500 people from local government have attended a series of LABC/LGA (Local Government Association) regional briefings and questions posed at these events have revealed concern about MHCLG’s plans for reform of the building safety regulation system.
The briefings were part of LABC…
The Atrium Building, Canning Town, constructed by Countryside Properties, designed by Shepheard Epstein Hunter and nominated by the building control team from the London Borough of Newham was awarded the title of Best High Volume New Housing Development at the LABC Building Excellence Awards Grand…
Underground foul drainage should have enough capacity to carry the anticipated flow at any point along its length. The flow depends on the appliances connected, whereas the capacity depends on the size and gradient of the pipes used.
Flow rates for underground foul drains
Sanitary appliances…