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LABC's Chief Executive Paul Everall today called on the Government to prevent a decline in the quality of new homes, while agreeing that an increase…
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We know visits to the circus can be hair-raising but a trip to the one pictured above, sat underneath overhead power lines, might have led to more…
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If you’re working on any compartment wall such as an attached garage to a dwelling, or a protected staircase in offices, then you must make sure that…
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Evidence suggests that thatched roofs have been around since the Bronze Age and the chocolate box image above is seen as most people’s aspiration of…
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You may have come across Approved Document Q - Security by now if you’re involved with building or designing new dwellings.
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One of our surveyors recently sent this photo to us following an inspection at a factory. Extensions and alterations had been carried out to the…
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You might have been affected by Storm Doris when she blew through the UK on 23rd February. With gusts of up to 95mph, the inevitable damage to…
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In November 2016 the Building Societies Association (BSA) launched its housing report: ‘Laying the Foundations for Modern Methods of Construction (…
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Since the launch of the Planning Portal building control application service in October 2016 149 local authorities have implemented the online…