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Slate is a fine-grained metamorphic rock that’s been used since Roman times as a building material.
Because of its durability and attractive…
The Flood Resilient Repair Home: How flood proof design in high risk areas can help prevent disaster
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It might seem strange to be talking about flood resilience at a time when a water drought appears to be the news of the moment. However, flash floods…
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Hertfordshire Building Control, the new amalgamation of 7 of the 10 Hertfordshire local authorities, has hit the ground running and registered an…
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Parapet walls behave differently to conventional cavity walls because of their location at the very top of a building where both skins of the parapet…
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The post-war housing shortage led to a boom in new ‘non-traditional’ methods of house construction which were mainly taken up by local and public…
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A photo sent in recently by one of our building control surveyors highlighted a common problem found when the right drainage pipe fittings aren’t to…
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Version 8 of the LABC Warranty Technical Manual includes a new chapter 13 covering coastal locations.
This gives additional advice (over and above…
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To coincide with International Construction Management Day, the Chartered Institute of Building has released its Craft Your Future lessons on all…
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You may have come across a recent BBC news item about a house collapse in London following basement renovation work.
The property was thought…