The advent of electromechanical controls in the 1970s, analog controls in the 1980s, direct digital control (DDC) in the 1990s, and complete building control integration in the 2000s has progressively ...

Sheffield homeowners and businesses looking to gain building control approval from their local Building Control Body can now complete the entire application process on a single platform. Did you know ...

Communities rely on schools, hospitals and offices every day. Despite their vital role, upgrading them with the latest technologies to optimize operations, better manage energy use and keep occupants ...

Reflecting on my career, I began in Local Authority Building Control (LABC) just as the market was about to undergo lasting change. In 1985, NHBC became the first Approved Inspector under the Building ...

How cuts to council building control teams over the past decade have contributed to the building safety crisis #UKhousing A tower block refurbishment in west London comes up for consideration by the ...

The head of building control in England and Wales has warned of an impending breakdown in the system ...

Geoff Wilkinson of Wilkinson Construction Consultants talks to Colin Blatchford-Brown, former operational policy lead at the Building Safety Regulator, about the impact of registration of building ...