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LABC is calling for the building industry to work together to change its culture. The call came at a recent fire safety seminar, organised by RIBA,…
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Two more local authority building control teams have passed external audits as part of LABC’s ISO-backed quality management system.
Leeds and Harlow…
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The 2018 LABC Building Excellence Awards train moved on to the Lancashire County Cricket Club (otherwise known as Emirates Old Trafford) in…
Blog Post
Creating a new building from scratch can have its challenges. But achieving the low energy retrofit of an existing building can in some ways present…
Blog Post
One of the consequences of major disasters is an abundance of alternative solutions. Unfortunately after Grenfell a number of products have appeared…
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Acoustics can be a real nuisance on a conversion project where there is a material change of use (MCOU). Being unsure of differences between material…
Blog Post
Judith Schulz and Neil Hitchen of ARUP explained their “Top 10 design specification concerns” at a recent conference that forms part of LABC’s “…
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Whether they're for waste, recyclables, gardens or glass, the rise of the wheelie bin is causing issues of its own. More space to store the wheelie…
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British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Chief Executive Iain McIlwee has commented on the news that fire doors in Grenfell Tower did not meet test…