The book provides a practical guide, with worked examples, to the Scottish Building Regulations. The new edition takes account of substantial revisions to the Regulations on fire and means of escape, structural stability, conservation of fuel and power, and drainage.
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| Acknowledgments |
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| General Introduction |
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| Introduction |
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I Legal and Administrative Matters |
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1 | (56) |
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Building control: an overview |
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3 | (4) |
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The 1959 Act and its regulations |
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7 | (34) |
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Administration of building control |
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41 | (6) |
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47 | (10) |
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57 | (280) |
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59 | (28) |
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(Part A) (Regulations 1-9) |
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Fitness of Materials and workmanship |
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87 | (4) |
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91 | (26) |
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Introduction to Parts D (structural fire precautions) and E (means of escape from fire etc.) |
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117 | (6) |
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Structural fire precautions |
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123 | (14) |
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Means of escape from fire, facilities for fire-fighting and means of warning of fire |
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137 | (34) |
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Combustion appliance installations and storage of liquid and gaseous fuels |
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171 | (36) |
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(Part F) (Regulations 14 & 15) |
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Preparation of sites and resistance to moisture |
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207 | (18) |
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(Part G) (Regulations 16, 17 & 18) |
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Resistance to transmission of sound |
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225 | (26) |
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(Part H) (Regulations 19, 20 & 21) |
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Conservation of fuel and power |
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251 | (18) |
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269 | (14) |
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Drainage and sanitary facilities |
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283 | (22) |
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(Part M) (Regulations 24 & 25) |
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305 | (4) |
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(Part N) (Regulation 26 + 26A) |
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309 | (6) |
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(Part P) (Regulations 27 & 28) |
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Access and facilities for dwelling |
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315 | (6) |
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321 | (4) |
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(Part R) (Regulations 30 & 31) |
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Access to and movement within buildings, and protective barriers |
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325 | (12) |
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337 | (52) |
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Appendix
1. Historical perspective of building control |
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339 | (4) |
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Appendix
2. Table of fees |
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343 | (2) |
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Appendix
3. List of publications referred to in Technical Standards |
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345 | (22) |
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Appendix
4. Building and buildings |
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367 | (22) |
| Index |
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George Bett is the author of The Scottish Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.
Frith Hoehnke is the author of The Scottish Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.
James Robison is the author of The Scottish Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.
