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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…
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The third edition of Habinteg’s Wheelchair Housing Design Guide was published in February 2018.
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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…
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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…
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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…