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The LABC Grand Finals 2024 took place on Friday 24 January 2025, at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel. A celebration recognising excellent projects and individual contributions within the construction industry.A panel of expert judges carefully reviewed a diverse range of exceptional projects,…
Creating a new building from scratch can have its challenges. But achieving the low energy retrofit of an existing building can in some ways present a greater challenge still. Even so, there is a growing number of impressive and successful low energy retrofits across the UK.
What’s the…
A newly re-issued guide clarifies how you should go about replacing a translucent conservatory roof with any solid roof systems that have LABC Registered Details certification (now known as LABC Assured as of March 2019) and outlines the conditions you’re expected to meet to ensure the…
Article updated on 31 January 2024Polyurethane (PU) foam fillers - also known as ‘fire foam’ - are common in construction, but if you use them without properly understanding them they can end up costing you money, creating worse fire risks, and potentially ruin your hard-earned reputation.Fire…
Schoolchildren from across Lincolnshire have been inspired to become architects, builders and quantity surveyors as part of Construction Week 2018.
Pupils from across the county attended the Lincolnshire Showground in West Lindsey, to get an insight into the construction industry from the best…
The LABC Member Conference took place in Hinckley Island on 25-26 March. It was a record-breaking conference in terms of the number of delegates (350) and exhibitors, and a huge amount of information was passed on to our audience of local authority building control professionals, from a range of…
The photo on the right was sent in by a building control officer who was called out when a builder uncovered work on site.
The proposal was to change a window opening into a new doorway. Having stripped away the plasterboard the builder was a bit shocked to find an unclosed cavity, no wall ties…
With a snap election just around the corner we’ve been seeing the parties’ manifestos and pledges across the news.
There’s a strong focus on Brexit, and the next UK Government will face a number of challenges in managing Britain’s exit from the EU.
Alongside Brexit, the Government must…
In July 2016 the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment Inquiry published a report on the quality and workmanship of new housing in England. The report 'More homes, fewer complaints’ revealed a high level of frustration and disappointment from buyers of new…
Article updated on 31 January 2024When there are significant changes in level on a building plot or, if the profile of a decent load-bearing strata slopes, it can be difficult to work out how to keep costs down when digging out foundations.If you're cutting into the slope then it can result in very…