Applications for LABC's Level 3, 4 and 5 CIOB qualifications in Public Service Building Control Surveying for the January 2020 intake are closing on 6 December 2019 so there's no time to lose.

These qualifications are highly valued by employers with many past students being promoted as a result of passing their course.

The diplomas are comprehensive, practical, in-depth and well-respected weighing in at over 100 credits each.

(CIOB Public Service Building Control Qualifications are exclusive to LABC members only.)

LAST UPDATED 4/9/19

We have published FAQs aimed at building owners in relation to this issue. Read the Approved Inspector insurance FAQs.

The traditional approach used when two steel beams are provided to support a cavity wall has been to design the beams to each carry half the total load and then connect them with pipe spacers and bolts, even when the loading to each beam was not equal.