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The official magazine of LABC |
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Breaking the Code in Bangor
Eithinog in Bangor, a model social housing development that combined modest, good design with ambitious targets on
sustainability, took the Best Social/Affordable Housing Project accolade at the 2009 LABC National Building Excellence Awards in October
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Coed y Brenin scoops top sustainability award
A new visitors centre for the Forestry Commission in Wales that boasts charming design as well as excellent sustainability credentials earned Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre the top award for Best Sustainable Project at the 2009 LABC National Building Excellence Awards in October
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Innovation success at Park Y Scarlets stadium
Deemed by many as the most prestigious construction project completed in Wales this year, the new 15,000 capacity Parc Y Scarlets stadium in Llanelli provides a superb arena thanks to the outstanding vision, effort and endeavours of principal contractor Andrew Scott Ltd. This achievement was officially recognised when the project won the award for Best Technical Innovation at the 2009 LABC National Building Excellence Awards in October
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Comprehensive construction
The new Queen Elizabeth Comprehensive School won the
Best Educational Building category at the first 2009 LABC
Cymru All Wales Building Excellence Awards in June
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Building control go the extra mile - up Snowdon!
To construct a new visitor centre on a level site with good access is a challenge. To construct one at 3,560 feet, on a confined site, in extreme weather conditions, with material being conveyed to site on a five mile long rack and pinion railway built originally in 1896, is almost inconceivable... but a new visitor centre at the top of Mount Snowdon, Snowdonia is now complete
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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"
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Church comes to Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire County Council's Building Control Unit is working with national volume housebuilder Charles Church for the first time on a new 205-unit housing development at Machynys, Llanelli
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A celebration of teamwork
Vale Of Glamorgan Building Control is celebrating after it recently picked up the Council's Customer Service ‘Team of the Year' Award
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