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On Monday 20 January, the Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon. Robert Jenrick MP, made a statement to Parliament on the Government's measures to improve building standards. Today, LABC’s Chief Executive, Lorna Stimpson, responded.
"LABC welcomes the quick…
The typical low rise domestic foundation detail to the left might be familiar to you. It's taken from the Building Construction Handbook 10th Edition, written by Roy Chudley & Roger Greeno.
First published in 1988 it's been one of the most popular reference books for anyone attending…
LABC has appointed Lorna Stimpson, BSc, FCIOB, FCMI, CBuildE FCABE as Deputy Chief Executive. Lorna moves from Deputy Managing Director as part of the organisation's long-term management and succession planning.
Lorna worked as a Building Control Surveyor for 21 years before joining LABC. She is…
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215mm Aircrete Solid Wall (λ ≤ 0.11 W/mK)
Render & Insulation (λ = 0.038 W/mK)
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2 x 100mm Aircrete Block (0.19W/m²K) Party (Separating) Wall
100mm Party (Separating) Wall cavity fully filled with…
LABC is proud to have secured over £20m in new burdens funding to develop and build capacity in public service building control from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).
The Building Safety Act 2022 brings new responsibilities and obligations for public service…
This document is the results of a survey on “Dangerous Structures Resulting from Flooding, Explosion, Vehicular Impact, Subsidence, Fire, Wind and other causes.”
The Welsh and UK governments have both launched stimulus programmes this year that aim to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, boost the economy and open the door to new green industries.
The Welsh government is giving a further £10m to a programme launched in August 2020 that aims…
At LABC’s Building a Safer Future Conference in Birmingham (Monday 18 June) over 200 construction industry professionals heard from experts about how the Independent Review of Fire Safety and the Building Regulations (aka ‘Hackitt review’) affects the sector and looked at best practice in…
On Thursday 12 July LABC received its certificate for meeting the ISO standards for its Head Office quality management systems. Over the last 18 months the not-for-profit organisation representing public service building surveyors has invested heavily in an independently audited ISO quality…
The primary function of an in-building drainage system is to remove soil and waste. In doing so, you must take care to prevent foul air and water from entering the building through water trap seals on appliances. Water movement within the system can create positive and negative air flows that can…