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At last month's Frankham Risk Management Fire Safety in Housing event at the Institute of Civil Engineers in Westminster, Lorna Stimpson, LABC's Deputy Chief Executive was one of the keynote speakers and she called on the industry to move forward on competency as a matter of urgency.
Her speech…
Welcome to the technical guidance page for Part C of the building regulations, covering resistance to contamination and control of moisture.
The approved document can be downloaded below, with additional guidance at the foot of this page.
Since the 1980s consumers have had a choice of who can inspect and sign off their building projects as compliant with the building regulations.
This is either a local authority building control surveyor or an ‘Approved Inspector’. Approved Inspectors are private companies that are registered by…
Local Authority Building Control (LABC) has a number of registration schemes where we seek to streamline the construction process for manufacturers, installers, developers, building control surveyors and the end users of buildings. Choose from our available schemes below.
Our building control teams offer advice and support on building regulations and other crucial services. We can guide and support you through the most technically complex projects and developments, from pre-planning, right through to completion.
Having worked with some of the UK’s major…
Shortlisted Finalists
Avanti Meadows Primary School
Region: Central
Project Team: Balfour Beatty, Architecture PLB, and Hertfordshire County Council
Local Authority: Hertfordshire…
The project at RSPB Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre, Nottinghamshire, designed by JDDK Architects and built by Robert Woodhead Ltd, was awarded the title of Best Small Commercial Project at the Grand Final of the LABC Building Excellence Awards – one of the most recognised events in the building…
This document is part of our suite of technical guidance notes from the Building Control Alliance.
LABC presents the Winners & Highly Commended in this year's East Midlands region Building Excellence Awards.
It's been a strange and unsettling year and we're gutted that we haven't been able to hold the LABC Building Excellence Awards Regional and Grand Finals events in the offline world in 2020. However, we're very pleased to be able to announce the winners and highly commended from the North…