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The West of England 2017 winners from Herefordshire Council, back in the office.
Employees from 12 England and Wales local authority building control regions were given LABC Superstar awards on the 20th March, at a Gala Dinner in Leicester.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, …
Changes in 2015 to the Building Regulations Approved Document Part M, which contains guidance on access, introduced some new standards for new-build dwellings. The base standard is fairly similar to the old Part M; M4(2) is a higher standard that designs new dwellings so that they're more…
You may have come across a recent BBC news item about a house collapse in London following basement renovation work.
The property was thought to be worth in the region of £1 million and collapsed in the early hours of 3 April 2017.
(Picture on the left courtesy of the Kingston building…
When you’re working with thermal insulation, you may have come across Lambda, Psi and Kappa values. Similar to mathematics, these values are all part of the Greek alphabet and are used to define performance levels of insulation products when they’re used on their own or in combination with other…
A recent CROSS report detailed a situation where a reporter was asked to check the roof of a building which had been leaking for a few years but was still occupied. The roof consisted of flat cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels with falls provided by firing pieces with insulation and supporting…
Improvements to Part L of the Building Regulations have ensured highly insulated roofs and this, coupled with heavy snowfall, has the potential to cause gutter problems.
When a thaw sets in the snow will slide down the roof, taking with it anything in its path including gutters fitted too high…
Failing an acoustics test is not as uncommon as you may think. In many cases, it’s the simple, but avoidable things that lead to failure. The resultant costs and project delays are easily avoided by ensuring that the problem doesn’t occur in the first place.
If the architect’s drawings have left…
A quarter of heat in an uninsulated home is lost through the roof. Utilising roof insulation in a loft, attic or flat roof is a simple and effective way for your customers to reduce heat loss and cut their heating bills - but only if the work’s done properly. The level of insulation…
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…
A recent Government announcement that affects homeowners in England wishing to increase the size of their homes has been making the news recently.
Temporary measures (due to expire 30 May 2019) that allowed homeowners to build bigger single-storey rear extensions without the need for…