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Designing and constructing wide enough foundations is crucial to ensure that the building loads are safely transferred to the ground. This is particularly important as the construction of masonry walls with wider cavities is now commonplace to accommodate the required thickness of insulation to…
Welcome to the LABC Cymru Building Excellence Awards
Two separate award ceremonies are held in Wales for North Wales and South Wales. Category winners for each area are then judged with the overall winners qualifying for the LABC Grand Finals in London.
North…
The winners and highly commended
Watch the awards presentation video and find out which projects and people won.
Visit the South West winners' page
Here are the ways you can pay for your place on the course:
BACS
Cheque
Credit card
Pre-Pay (only available to LABC members)
New rules coming into force from July 2015 spell changes to the way electrical cables are installed, to prevent them from falling from walls and ceilings during fires. Many types of wiring systems have failed in the past, leaving cables hanging and entangling firefighters - resulting in eight…
To book your course go to Courses on the Training section of our website and select the course you are interested in and then the event you wish to attend. If you need help please contact our training team at learning@labc.co.uk.
It’s a mistake to assume that all pressure treated wood is the same. Whilst one piece of treated wood may look very much like any other the level of preservative protection could be very different.
That’s because the British Standard for wood preservation, BS8417, says that the level of…
England Building Regulations Approved Documents
Wales Building Regulations Approved Documents
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For an application by Building Notice, there are no detailed plans to inspect and approve so you can start work as soon as the notice is accepted - usually within 48 hours.
With a Full Plans application the plans have to be thoroughly examined before being approved. And by law a council must…