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Local Authority Building Control is updating its guidance and quality management processes to reflect new regulations affecting the demolition of pubs.
The regulations which came into effect in May 2017 remove 'permitted development' rights from building owners to demolish a pub building without…
More than 900 leading construction industry figures attended the LABC Building Excellence Awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London to celebrate best practice, quality, and exemplary standards in construction.The LABC Building Excellence Awards focus on professional skills and competence, as well…
Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Regulation 7 contains guidance on materials and workmanship.
The Approved Document can be downloaded below.
LABC last week launched their new Quality Management System under the banner 'Build With Us'. LABC started consultation on standards, performance, competencies and qualifications with local authority building control teams two years ago and in 2016 created an autonomous Standards Committee to…
The scheme for Welwyn Hatfield District Council at Lilac Close (formerly Furzen Crescent) and Lime Tree Court (previously known as Garden Avenue) is a mixed development of social housing, creating some of the first new homes provided by the council in over 20 years. Council teams together with…
More than 750 leading construction industry figures attended the LABC Building Excellence Awards at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel to acclaim best practise, quality and standards in construction.
These were the first Building Excellence Awards since 2019 following the global pandemic and LABC…
More than 850 leading construction industry figures attended the LABC Building Excellence Awards at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel to celebrate best practice, quality, and exemplary standards in construction.
The LABC Building Excellence Awards focus on professional skills and competence, as…
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 in the numbers of new being homes built is also necessary.
Speaking at the All Party Parliamentary Group for Healthy Homes and Buildings today, and…
A white paper on the problems facing the housing market in the UK with suggestions on how it can be remedied.
Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Part C contains guidance on resistance to contamination and control of moisture.
The Approved Document can be downloaded below, with additional guidance further down.