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LABC – the membership organisation for public service building control – has welcomed the publication of the Building Safety Bill.
The bill – based on last year’s draft bill – sets out the government’s proposals to make buildings safer and includes clauses introducing the professional…
It’s easy to cut corners on a building site. Sometimes you can get away with it and on other occasions it can create real problems. Time spent blending brickwork is one area that really makes a difference to the final product.
Due to the nature of the fired clay process, the final colour…
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LABC has welcomed the prosecution in Manchester Crown Court of an Oldham based property developer whose project saw the complete collapse of the roof and the injury to one person.
Riaz Ahmad employed builders with no experience and who demolished almost every internal wall and support before an…
The boring answer would simply be someone who makes sure building works comply with the building regulations and while this is the core of what a building control surveyor does, the role is so much more interesting and fulfilling.
As a competent building control surveyor, you typically get…
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has published its response and other documents relating to the outcome of the "Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system" consultation launched in June 2019.
The original…
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Solid External Masonry Wall
215mm Aircrete Solid Wall (λ ≤ 0.19 W/mK)
Render & Insulation (λ = 0.022 W/mK)
Proprietary Insulated Firestop (λ = 0.044W/mK)
2 x 100mm Aircrete Block (0.19W/m²K) Party (Separating) Wall
100mm Party (Separating) Wall cavity fully filled…
LABC supported the NHIC (The National Home Improvement Council) debate hosted by President Rt Hon Baroness Maddock in Parliament yesterday. Entitled healthy Homes and the Role of Refurbishment, the debate looked at what needs to be done to raise awareness and standards to ensure UK homes are…
Monolith’s BrickPlus is a rapid fit brick cladding system comprised of limestone mortar that replicates brickwork, fixed to high-grade expanded polystyrene carriers for a thermally efficient cladding solution suitable for a wide range of building technologies.
The individual BrickPlus slips from…