A Florida lawmaker has filed a bill to revise SB 180, a law passed in 2025 that limits local government’s ability to regulate development. Views of the Seaflower development in Manatee County on Oct.

Reflecting on my career, I began in Local Authority Building Control (LABC) just as the market was about to undergo lasting change. In 1985, NHBC became the first Approved Inspector under the Building ...

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 ...