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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…
If the complaint is about your own building work, you should initially raise it with your builder. You should always use a reputable builder who is a member of a trade association (check their credentials on the association's website to avoid employing unscrupulous people). The association will…
Ashley King is a Building Control Apprentice at London Borough of Havering and loves what he's learning with LABC qualifications while he's carrying out his day job...
What made you decide to work in public service building control?
I have always had an eye for the construction industry…
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…
One of our surveyors came across this stairway on site recently.
Spotted the problem yet?
It's not an optical illusion, the stair treads increase in depth (the going) as you reach the top of the flight.
Some might not view this as a problem. What's wrong with being able to fit…
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…
To get you thinking about your nomination, find questions that we ask for the best partnership with a local authority category. Please note to apply you will have to complete the online form
We can’t assume things have been done correctly if there are no records or you can’t see important parts of the construction. If so, unfortunately it may be necessary to uncover some parts of the work.
This will be handled on a case by case basis – the local authority building control surveyors…
Building Regulations applications are needed for most construction projects:
New buildings
All new buildings except agricultural buildings
Garages that are not fully detached and under 30 square metres
Extensions
All extensions no matter how small
Some…
Lighthouse Club
LABC is a company supporter of the Lighthouse Club Construction Industry Charity to provide its 3,800 strong network with additional wellbeing support.
Lighthouse provides mental, physical, and financial wellbeing support to the construction community and their families. The…