The Scottish Building Regulations Explained and Illustrated

by Bett, George; Hoehnke, Frith; Robison, James

• ISBN13: 9780632049455
• ISBN10: 0632049456
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-07
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
General Introduction	xi
Introduction	xv
I Legal and Administrative Matters	1	(56)
Building control: an overview	3	(4)
The 1959 Act and its regulations	7	(34)
Administration of building control	41	(6)
Legal liabilities	47	(10)
II Technical Matters	57	(280)
Introduction	59	(28)
(Part A) (Regulations 1-9)
Fitness of Materials and workmanship	87	(4)
(Part B) (Regulation 10)
Structure	91	(26)
(Part C) (Regulation 11)
Introduction to Parts D (structural fire precautions) and E (means of escape from fire etc.)	117	(6)
Structural fire precautions	123	(14)
(Part D) (Regulation 12)
Means of escape from fire, facilities for fire-fighting and means of warning of fire	137	(34)
(Part E) (Regulation 13)
Combustion appliance installations and storage of liquid and gaseous fuels	171	(36)
(Part F) (Regulations 14 & 15)
Preparation of sites and resistance to moisture	207	(18)
(Part G) (Regulations 16, 17 & 18)
Resistance to transmission of sound	225	(26)
(Part H) (Regulations 19, 20 & 21)
Conservation of fuel and power	251	(18)
(Part J) (Regulation 22)
Ventilation of buildings	269	(14)
(Part K) (Regulation 23)
Drainage and sanitary facilities	283	(22)
(Part M) (Regulations 24 & 25)
Meetrical installations	305	(4)
(Part N) (Regulation 26 + 26A)
Miseellaneous hazards	309	(6)
(Part P) (Regulations 27 & 28)
Access and facilities for dwelling	315	(6)
(Part Q) (Regulation 29)
Storage of waste	321	(4)
(Part R) (Regulations 30 & 31)
Access to and movement within buildings, and protective barriers	325	(12)
(Part S) (Regulation 32)
III Appendices	337	(52)
Appendix 1. Historical perspective of building control	339	(4)
Appendix 2. Table of fees	343	(2)
Appendix 3. List of publications referred to in Technical Standards	345	(22)
Appendix 4. Building and buildings	367	(22)
Index	389