The official magazine of LABC SEARCH BROWSE BY ISSUE Latest Issue Back Issues NEWS National South East South West Midlands North Wales FEATURES Building Regulations From the Chief Interviews Health & Safety Sustainability Building Research Enforcement Concrete Corner Fire Safety Access Legal Timber Research Electrical Safety Security Demolition LABC Update Recruitment BUILDING REGULATIONS Part A - Structure Part B - Fire Safety Part C - Site Preparation & Resistance to Moisture Part D - Toxic Substances Part E - Resistance to the Passage of Sound Part F - Ventilation Part G - Hygiene Part H - Drainage & Waste Disposal Part J - Combustion Applicances & Fuel Storage Part K - Falling, Collision and Impact Protection Part L - Conservation of Fuel & Power Part M - Access and Facilities for the Disabled Part N - Glazing Safety Part P - Electrical Safety SERVICES Contact SiteLines Media Pack Issue 48 - Spring 2009 Should we regulate for anti-terror design? Marian Hawkesworth and Jon Coaffee from the Centre for Urban Policy Studies at the University of Manchester, highlight the possible implications for building regulators if anti-terror design is legislated for. Their work is based upon research conducted for the Resilient Design Project which is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Midlands Living by Dzign For a relatively rural local authority area with a mining heritage that has all but disappeared, new houses styled in the vernacular are the bread and butter for building control. So when LivingbyDzign submitted an application for three new contemporary dwellings in a small rural village in Leicestershire, the building control team at North West Leicestershire District Council got excited. Building Control Manager, David Darlington, takes up the story North Raising the profile of sustainable construction More than 150 people including architects, developers and councillors – as well as building control and development control staff – attended the recent South Yorkshire and the Humber LABC Sustainability Day at Doncaster Dome South East Dreamfields – building the ultimate house Described by Build-It magazine as the “UK’s craziest self-build” and featuring in a 10-part television series Building the Ultimate House, Paul Gosling (pictured right), Principal Building Control Surveyor with the Building Control Partnership, a building control service provided jointly by Fareham and Gosport Borough Councils, provides SiteLines readers with another insight into the project South West A break from the norm A worthy finalist in the LABC National Built in Quality Awards, 2 Victoria Place in Chippenham, Wiltshire, has been described as a modernist masterpiece, designed by former local authority architect Jack Konynenburg Wales At the heart of environmental science in Wales A finalist in the Best Sustainability Project category of the LABC National Built in Quality Awards, The Environment Centre Wales is a partnership venture between the Natural Research Council’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, and the University of Wales, Bangor. Gwynedd Council’s Building Control Department played an integral role in the design team Website design copyright Masmedia Ltd, Content copyrght SiteLines Magazine