Local authority building control are responsible for inspecting dangerous structures and helping to make them safe. Read about an incident our officers in St Albans dealt with recently.

It's all in a day's work for a local authority building control surveyor. Read this fishy story from Peter Hazelwood of Bedford Borough Council.

Senior Building Control Officer Nigel Jagger recently joined Bristol City Council Building Control after having served 28 years in Avon Fire and Rescue.

Scott Bonham currently works as a Building Control Surveyor for Manchester City Council. He returned to LABC from private practice.

Women in Construction aim to drive equality and diversity in the built environment and Anna is now helping them do that.

Nick Kendall from 3C Shared Services in Cambridge describes his day and tells what he loves most about building control.

Waqaas Rashid followed his father into a construction-related career, but he veered off into building control because of the variety of experience he would enjoy.

LABC's Deputy Chief Executive Lorna Stimpson is famously passionate about public service and for her it's the most important reason for working in local authority building control.

Watch this video to discover what local authority building control surveyors get up to on a day to day basis and what aspects of the job they enjoy.

Dave Sharp is the Head of Building Control at Wrexham County Borough Council, an LABC Board of Director and the current LABC President (2018-19).

Nicola Corfield works as an Assistant Building Control Surveyor at apT. She tells us how she came to be in building control and what she loves about the role.

Danny from East Riding Council gives us the lowdown on what an average day in building control looks like.