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For years, people were talking about how building control surveying was facing a demographic time bomb, with an ageing workforce and far greater numbers leaving the profession than joining as new recruits.
There were dozens of articles written and many discussions across the profession about the…
Password-protected presentation from the LABC Fire Safety in Towers Conference. By Steve Mills, Secretary of the National Fire Sprinkler Network.
In 2018 LABC took up Dame Judith Hackitt's challenge to prove the competence of public service building surveyors. Working with the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE), LABC developed a competency assessment for professionals working on fire safety in higher risk buildings. And so far more than 550…
LABC has launched a virtual learning hub for its 3,500 surveyors and technical staff aimed at making it easier for them to take part in training, personal development and improve and evidence their competencies.
The online platform contains all the A – Z courses a surveyor will need to…
LABC – the independent organisation representing more than 3000 building surveyors working for local councils – has welcomed changes which should lead to higher quality building work and clamp down on rogue builders.
Previous rules had meant that building sites could only be inspected at set…
LABC is calling for the building industry to work together to change its culture. The call came at a recent fire safety seminar, organised by RIBA, by LABC's Commercial Director, Martin Taylor (watch the short video below).
Martin has been closely involved in the Hackitt Review sitting on…
Password-protected presentation from the Fire Safety in Towers Conference by Neil Gibbins, CEO of The Institution of Fire Engineers.
Below is LABC's final response and fire safety feedback on Dame Judith Hackitt's Review of the Building Regulations June 2018. Also included are links to six appendices:
Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of the Building Regulations and Fire Safety Feedback on the Final Report June 2018…
Distinguishable stair nosings have been with us now since Approved Document M was first introduced in 1992.
In the last 24 years the document title itself has changed from ‘Access and facilities for disabled people’ to ‘Access to and use of buildings’ and has extended the requirements…
The project at Riverside Heights, Shorey Bank Way, Darwen, Lancashire, designed by Langtry- Langton Architects and built by ENGIE as main Contractor, was awarded the title of Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development at the Grand Final of the LABC Building Excellence Awards – one of the…