Parsonage is an answer to residents’ prayers
Parsonage Farm in West Harptree, Chew Valley, Somerset, a small social housing evelopment in the rural location of West Harptree, has offered more affordable housing to all.
Tank havens for building control
Kennedy O'Callaghan Architects and Purbeck District
Council Building Control have been involved with a longterm
phased project to improve facilities for conservation
and interpretation at The Tank Museum in Dorset
Newton Abbot in good health
The new 30 million pound Newton Abbot Community Hospital was awarded the "Best Healthcare" project in the LABC South West Building Excellence Awards
Simply the best
A stunning new home in Branksome Chine scooped the Best Individual House category at the LABC 2009 South West Building Excellence Awards
Excellence in construction
More than 200 delegates and invited guests attended the LABC 2009 South West Building Excellence Awards at The Palace Hotel, Torquay in February. The awards recognise the best quality projects built in the South West during the last year
Pupil power
The extension and refurbishment of Falmouth School's existing 1960s design and technology studio was directed by a client made up of pupils from the school
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"
A partnership designed to last
"A finalist in the Best Partnership with a Designer, Architect or Construction Consultant category of the LABC National Built in Quality Awards, BBA Architects have used Bath & North East Somerset Building Control since 1992 – in the last five years they have submitted schemes valued in excess of £70 million, ranging from residential conversions of listed buildings to new housing and commercial developments"
Swindon keeps library promise
Swindon Borough Council has made 50 promises to its residents. Promise No 16 was: 'We will have a new Central Library by 2008 and an effective local library service with flexible working hours.' Neil Ashman of Swindon Borough Council Building Control describes how building control helped the council keep its word
Leading by example
A new business centre at Okehampton in Devon which boasts some of the greenest credentials in construction – it has gained both BREEAM and CEEQUAL 'Excellent' ratings – was the winner in the Best Sustainability Project category of this year's LABC National Built In Quality Awards
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