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The MHCLG (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) have launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm regulations and Approved Document J.
The proposed changes – which only apply to England – are:
1. Smoke alarms. To…
We've produced a series of 16 videos featuring LABC's Deputy Chief Executive Lorna Stimpson.
In them she answers a series of questions around the new performance standards framework LABC are introducing to help improve consistency of work in our network of local authority building control teams…
The LABC Grand Finals 2024 took place on Friday 24 January 2025, at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel. A celebration recognising excellent projects and individual contributions within the construction industry.A panel of expert judges carefully reviewed a diverse range of exceptional projects,…
Version 8 of the LABC Warranty Technical Manual includes a new chapter 13 covering coastal locations.
This gives additional advice (over and above the guidance in chapters 1–12) for developments within 5km of the shore line. This is because coastal regions, particularly in the south west, west…
The LABC Grand Finals 2024 took place on Friday 24 January 2025, at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel. A celebration recognising excellent projects and individual contributions within the construction industry.A panel of expert judges carefully reviewed a diverse range of exceptional projects,…
More than 400 construction industry professionals have celebrated the West of England’s outstanding construction in the annual LABC Building Excellence Awards. The event on Friday 6 May took place at the Bristol Marriot Hotel City Centre where 15 winning and 11 highly commended projects and…
LABC provide a wide range of energy and sustainability services, testing and calculations for all types of construction projects.
Energy and sustainability related services
New build SAP and EPC for domestic projects
New build SBEM and EPC for non-domestic projects
Sustainability and…
When work is ‘reverted’ to a local LABC team, you will need to provide them with as much information as possible to help them determine whether the work so far complies with the relevant regulations. All local authorities are obliged to charge a fee for work reverted to them and this fee will be…
Whilst every care was taken to ensure the information on this page was correct at the time of publication, parts of the Building Safety Bill may have been amended by virtue of receiving Royal Assent on 28 April 2022 and the subsequent publication of associated secondary legislation, therefore it is…
Shortlisted Finalists APM Walker Construction with Sussex Building ControlRegion: South East Berkeley Homes Central London with London Borough of LambethRegion: London Bilton Build & Design Ltd with Warwick Building ConsortiumRegion: West Midlands Binder Ltd with…