This practical, half-day overview CPD course provides essential knowledge of the Building Regulations and Building Act, focusing on the legal requirements for ensuring project compliance. It’s designed to equip contractors and their teams with the tools needed to navigate building control processes, submit accurate building regulation applications, and prepare for inspections, all while minimising delays and reducing risk. This course is ideal for contractors who want to maintain competence and stay ahead of the ever-evolving regulations in the construction industry.

CPD: This course counts for 3.5 hours CPD.

Cost: £90+VAT.

Platform: This course will be held via Zoom and will run for 4 hours including time for breaks.

Course Content & Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the legislative framework behind Building Regulations and the Building Act.
• Be able to identify when Building Regulations notification is required and how to submit valid applications.
• Be able to navigate the Building Control process, preparing for inspections and reducing the risk of delays or non-compliance.
• Understand the key elements of Schedules 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Building Regulations, and how they affect their projects.
• Gain confidence in liaising with Building Control Officers.

Who should attend:

• Architects
• Chartered architectural technologists
• Building engineers
• Chartered surveyors
• Technicians
• Builders
• Contractors
• Site Managers
• Building owners and developers

Please note that this course is part of a series of courses:

1. Building Regulation Compliance
2. Building Regulation Applications
3. Building Regulation Inspections Course

Talk to us if you’re CITB registered and would like to discuss funding options.

E: bookings@labc.co.uk

T: 020 8616 8120

This practical, half-day overview CPD course explores how to ensure on-site compliance with building regulations at each critical stage of the construction process, for non-higher risk buildings, from excavation to occupation. Participants will learn practical strategies to prepare for building regulation inspections, avoid common compliance pitfalls, and ensure that each stage of the project is inspection ready. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a clear understanding of how to manage the building regulation compliance process on-site and pass inspections smoothly and efficiently.

CPD: This course counts for 3 hours CPD.

Cost: £90+VAT.

Platform: This course will be held via Zoom and will run for 3.5 hours including time for breaks.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the key building regulation compliance requirements at each stage of the construction process
• Learn how to prepare for building regulation inspections by ensuring compliance during construction
• Identify common compliance issues and learn how to avoid them before inspections
• Develop a proactive strategy for managing on-site compliance, reducing risks of delays or non-compliance
• Understand how to effectively document and evidence compliance during the construction phase to facilitate successful inspections

Who should attend:

• Architects
• Chartered architectural technologists
• Building engineers
• Chartered surveyors
• Technicians
• Builders
• Contractors
• Site Managers
• Building owners and developers

Please note that this course is part of a series of courses:

1. Building Regulation Compliance
2. Building Regulation Applications
3. Building Regulation Inspections Course

Talk to us if you’re CITB registered and would like to discuss funding options.

E: bookings@labc.co.uk

T: 020 8616 8120

This half day session is aimed at those new to building control management, with or without a building control background or those just wishing to refresh their existing knowledge.

A truly essential course for anyone who is new to the challenge of managing a building control team or is likely to do so in the future.

This course will help delegates better understand their position within the organisation, budgets and team management, co-operation with stakeholders, the LABC Quality Management system, as well as building professional relationships.

This is a busy and thought provoking day which is designed to support those new to management, reinforce the skills of those with experience an encourage networking and the use of LABC resources.

CPD: This course counts for 3 hours CPD.

Cost: £90+VAT.

Platform: This course will be held via Zoom and will run for 3.5 hours including time for breaks.
 

Course Content & Learning Outcomes:

The session will provide an overview on topics such as

• Background to building control
• Your role in the organisation
• Management styles
• Performance management
• Staff engagement
• An overview of Building Control finance - budgets and fee setting
• Health and safety
• Information governance
• Procuring services and Quality management

This course is aimed as an introduction into the tasks and responsibilities that might confront local authority building control managers daily. It should act as a signpost for managers to seek more clarity on what might be expected of them from their managers, or to inform on any further training needs. It should act as a refresher for those who have undertaken prior learning on the subject.

Who should attend:

Anyone who has experience of building control functions who now has a role to play in the management of a modern local authority building control service

• Building control team leaders
• Principals
• Line managers
• Section leaders
• Team leaders
• Managers

OTHER MANAGEMENT COURSES BY LABC:

Building Control Management CPD Pathway: LABC also has a free online building control management CPD pathway that houses a huge set of resources, online courses and forums designed for those managing a building control service. To gain access to this free building control management pathway and community please email learning@labc.co.uk.

Good Building Control rarely results in formal action. But does your team really have the necessary skills and competence if formal action became necessary?

This course provides training from informal day to day enforcement activity, through to carrying out investigations and going to court when formal action is required.

It will cover enforcement in areas of the Building Regulations, Unauthorised Work and Initial Notices, with an overview of the relevant changes in the Building Safety Act 2022, Building Act 1984 and the Building Regulations 2010 (as amended) from the 1st of October 2023.

CPD: This course counts for 4 hours CPD.

Cost: £90+VAT.

Platform: This course will be held via Zoom and will run for 4.5 hours including time for breaks.

Course Content & Learning Outcomes:

• Informal and formal enforcement
• The Building Act delegated powers/rights of entry
• Enforcement of Building Regulations - Enforcement Policy, Section 35 offences, Section 36 notices and the Stop and Compliance (35B &C) Notices in England.
• How does the Building Safety Act change enforcement for and by LA’s?
• Action against Building Control including current Case Law
• Enforcement of unauthorised work and regularisations
• Initial Notices - reversions
• Planning and investigation - Police and Criminal Evidence Act, witness statements
• Court processes - how to give evidence and what to expect.

Who should attend:

Building control managers
Principal and senior surveyors and team leaders
Building control surveyors
Practice managers, assistant building control surveyors
Trainees and apprentices