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Plymouth City Council wanted to establish an outstanding sporting venue of regional and national significance for sport and recreation, health, education and culture which would be open and affordable to all. The aquatics facilities were to be the largest in southern England (…
Buildings will need drying out following initial construction works, water damage from fabric defects or failure of services like water supplies, drainage, or air-conditioning condensate lines, and after a flooding event.
It is not possible to tell whether a material is dry enough to paint or…
Recent legislation means you could soon be taking on some of the responsibility for creating and managing sustainable drainage systems (SuDS).
Under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, the local authority SuDS Advisory Board must monitor and manage the specification, design, implementation…
LABC provides a range of CPD courses (Continuous Professional Development) to help both members and wider industry maintain essential knowledge and skills.Our award-winning learning and development team deliver a suite of accredited qualifications to local authority members as well as providing CPD…
Regional Winners
Block A Harvey Combe
Region: Northern
Project Team: North Tyneside Council, Ainsworth Spark Associates, A.E. Robb & Associates
Local Authority: North…
Shortlisted Finalists
Iconinc Gravity
Region: East Midlands
Project Team: The Park Lane Group, Studio Map Ltd, and Adept Consulting Engineers
Local Authority: City of Lincoln…
On Wednesday 20 January, a sinkhole appeared in Walmer Street in the Gorton area of Manchester. This was followed the next day by the collapse of two nearby homes.
In total 16 terraced homes were evacuated with two of them suffering almost complete collapse. Fortunately no-one was injured and…
More than 240 guests attended the LABC East Anglia Building Excellence Awards at the magnificent buildings of The Halls, St Andrew's Plain in Norwich - on Friday 5 July 2019. Attendees came from companies across the construction industry including developers Willmott Dixon and…
Article updated on 31 January 2024Recently, one of our LABC teams received an application for ‘the refurbishment of and alterations to a dwelling’. When the surveyor arrived on site, this is what greeted him:While technically correct, it did stretch the term ‘refurbishment’ a tad.The site had been…
Jason Hartwell was awarded the title of Non Residential Construction Professional of the Year at the Grand Final of the LABC Building Excellence Awards – one of the most recognised events in the building industry’s calendar.
A panel of industry experts judged a list of the highest quality…