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A new survey of LABC’s 3,000 building standards surveyors has shown more than two thirds of local authority building control teams have surveyors…
Blog Post
Achieving maximum thermal efficiency in a new build or refurbishment is often not as easy as it may seem on paper. As thermal bridging makes up…
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If you are doubling up floor joists, creating trimmers or trimming joists around stairs and chimneys they all need connecting properly so that they…
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One of our surveyors had a bit of a shock recently when visiting a site for a domestic extension.
They were called out to inspect reinforcement prior…
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Our latest construction awards event, the East Midlands Building Excellence Awards, took place at the Athena Cinema in Leicester on Friday 6 July…
Press Release
LABC have now submitted our detailed response to the final report and put simply, we support the Review's whole system approach and all of…
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Asbestos was widely used in home construction from 1930 to around 2000, particularly from 1960 onwards. If you are dealing with an extension or…
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Our first wave of local authorities working to LABC’s new national standards, which are independently audited by UKAS accredited Alcumus ISOQAR, have…