Features
  • Ease of installation

    When tasked with upgrading bathroom facilities across several properties, finding the right product is cr ...

    When tasked with upgrading bathroom facilities across several properties, finding the right product is crucial to ensure a trouble-free job for direct labour organisations (DLOs) and contractors. Stev ...

    Read more
  • Facilities grants

    Altro offers advice on making the DFG work for Cognitive Disorders and home improvements that really help ...

    Altro offers advice on making the DFG work for Cognitive Disorders and home improvements that really help. ...

    Read more
  • St Albans park life

    St Albans’ approach to Flexicare Housing leads to Design Excellence Award for Parkside View in Hertfordsh ...

    St Albans’ approach to Flexicare Housing leads to Design Excellence Award for Parkside View in Hertfordshire. ...

    Read more
  • Making a house a home

    LABM speaks to owner and founder of void refurbishment specialist, SCS, Sarah Southworth, about how the v ...

    LABM speaks to owner and founder of void refurbishment specialist, SCS, Sarah Southworth, about how the void process works and how the company has developed a model that meets the varied needs of hous ...

    Read more
  • Waiting for the detail

    Matthew Warburton, policy advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses why co ...

    Matthew Warburton, policy advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses why councils are struggling to assess the impact of the Housing and Planning Bill. ...

    Read more
  • High priority fire safety

    Next month marks the seventh anniversary of the UK’s worst-ever tower block fire disaster. The blaze that ...

    Next month marks the seventh anniversary of the UK’s worst-ever tower block fire disaster. The blaze that ripped through Lakanal House in 2009 claiming six lives, including those of three young childr ...

    Read more
  • Fire safety & detection

    Steve Martin discusses the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order. ...

    Steve Martin discusses the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order. ...

    Read more
  • Hygienic drainage in healthcare

    Hospitals are complex building types, often comprising a wide range of services and functional units, all ...

    Hospitals are complex building types, often comprising a wide range of services and functional units, all of which inter-relate, so how do you optimise hygiene and what role does drainage play? Andy B ...

    Read more
  • Cantilever balcony design

    As free cantilever balcony designs become larger and more lightweight, the vibration behaviour of a struc ...

    As free cantilever balcony designs become larger and more lightweight, the vibration behaviour of a structure takes on greater importance. LABM reports on the new Rathbone Market housing scheme in Lon ...

    Read more
  • Sandiacre Passivhaus affordable housing scheme

    An affordable housing scheme in Sandiacre, Nottingham, has been completed as part of a multi-million poun ...

    An affordable housing scheme in Sandiacre, Nottingham, has been completed as part of a multi-million pound regeneration programme by emh homes — with a number of the properties achieving Passivhaus st ...

    Read more