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Client: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Main contractor: Integrated Health Projects, Vinci Construction
Sub-contractor: NG Bailey Ltd
Architect: IBI Group
LABC team: West Lancashire Borough Council
Project summary
The new £14.6m two-storey building at…
Understanding lead code requirements for particular work, installation detailing and length of laps are common issues that our building control teams get involved with.
Now there’s a quick and easy way to get the answers to all of your questions with a really clever mobile phone app from the…
The Government is looking to increase the levels of housebuilding and MPs are also pointing out the need to make sure the future quality of new homes doesn’t suffer as production accelerates.
An all-party parliamentary group (APPG) put together for Excellence in the Built Environment has…
The government has announced changes to planning permitted development regulations from 1 August which they claim are designed to make it ‘easier to build better homes’.
Last week the government made changes to the General Permitted Development Order 2015 to allow for the construction of up to…
Yes, you can get retrospective building control approval. If you didn't apply for building regs approval for the work before, or perhaps building work carried out by the previous owner didn't have the relevant approval before starting, you can apply for 'regularisation' – …
LABC is keen to support efforts to get Britain building more homes, a campaign spearheaded by the Good Homes Alliance. Increasing the housing stock across the country is key to meeting the rising demand for living space and the self-build sector has a vital role to play in this.
That’s why LABC…
It is the government’s intention to meet net zero by 2050. The latest guidance in the current Approved Document L Volume 1 in England (2021 edition) and Wales (2022 edition) aims to reduce carbon emissions by 32% and 37% respectively, with the target of 75% lower carbon emissions for new homes…
Approved Document R – Physical infrastructure for high-speed electronic communications networks came into effect on 1st January 2017 in England only. It does not apply to any work covered by a building notice, full plans application or initial notice submitted before then.
It's the most recent…
Responding to claims from ACAI Chairman, Paul Wilkins, that Approved Inspectors are more competent and shouldn't be excluded from the new regulatory regime post Hackitt, LABC's chief executive, Paul Everall has said, "Once again ACAI are playing the man, not the ball. The industry and government…
It’s that time of year again when it’s no fun to be on a building site when temperatures have dropped significantly or the rain is driving horizontally. It’s not just you and the packed lunch that need to be protected.
The Brick Development Association makes a number of recommendations for…