The Building Safety Regulator has yet to sanction any building control bodies after assuming oversight of the sector in October 2024, Construction News ...

Dorset Council’s building control service picked up the top award at the LABC Building Excellence Awards 2025 and received a glowing industry inspection - all in the same week. The service was named ...

The service was named Local Authority Building Control Team of the Year at the national awards.

Private sector building control firms will struggle to take over the vast majority of projects from collapsed firm Assent, meaning they will transfer to council building control departments, according ...