As the Building Regulations and Approved Documents have become more and more complex, they have become increasingly unfriendly for a professional user. Compliance is only possible by understanding a wide range of supporting documentation. Alternative approaches are implied, but not described or analysed. This book examines Approved Document C on Site Preparation and takes the user through all the key stages of preparation, compliance, inspection and enforcement. It offers practical advice on using not just the traditional routes to compliance but also on the alternative approaches suggested but not explained in the Approved Documents. The advantages and disadvantages of each form of compliance are analysed in depth. Everything you need to know to prepare a site's fixtures against contamination and moisture is discussed, including floors, walls, window frames, door tresholds, and roofs. This is an indispensable text for professional designers, architects, structural and other specialist engineers, building control officers and students in construction, building and architecture

Using the Building Regulations : Site Preparation and Resistance to Contamination and Moisture

Using the building regulations. Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture

Part M Access : using the building regulations

Using the Building Regulations: Introduction

Michael J. Billington

Smith, Melanie

Melanie Smith

Amsterdam ; Boston: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann

Elsevier Science & Technology

Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd

Woodhead Publishing Ltd

Butterworth Heinemann

Architectural Press

Taylor and Francis

John Murray Press

CRC Press LLC

Focal Press

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1st ed, Amsterdam ; Boston ; London, 2007

CRC Press (Unlimited), Amsterdam, 2006

Amsterdam, Boston, Netherlands, 2006

1st ed, Jordan Hill, 2006

Kidlington, 2007

Amsterdam, 2005

1, 2005

2012

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1 online resource (x, 162) :
This informative book takes the practitioner through the requirements for Part M of the Building Regulations, explaining and expanding the guidance given in the Approved Document, and comparing the advice in BS83000 and other relevant publications. Access statements are demystified, and the implications for the building in use under the Disability Discrimination Act are clarified. It will inform all those working within the built environment, enabling them to deal with a complex and evolving area of the law which directly affects everyone. As with the other books in the Using the Building Regul
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Author Biography; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; About this series of books; About this book; CHAPTER 1 Series introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What are the Building Regulations?; 1.3 How are the Regulations administered?; 1.3.1 Local authority building control; 1.3.2 Approved inspectors; 1.4 Why are the Building Regulations needed?; 1.4.1 Control of public health and safety; 1.4.2 Welfare and convenience and other controls; 1.4.3 The new system and the extension of control
1.4.4 The future of building control in England and WalesCHAPTER 2 General considerations; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What are the requirements?; 2.3 Chapter layouts; 2.4 People and poor design and detailing; 2.5 Interpretation -- All buildings; 2.6 Interpretation -- Dwellings only; 2.7 Application; 2.8 Extensions and alterations; 2.9 Change of use; 2.10 Historic buildings; CHAPTER 3 Access statements; 3.1 General; 3.1.1 Access statement (planning); 3.1.2 Access statement (building control); 3.1.3 Format of the access statement (building control); 3.1.4 Continuity
3.1.5 Example access statements (building control)CHAPTER 4 Buildings other than dwellings; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 The main provisions; 4.1.2 Interpretation; 4.1.3 Objectives of the provisions; 4.2 Getting to and into the building; 4.2.1 Approaching the building; 4.2.2 Car park provision; 4.2.3 Accessible parking bays; 4.2.4 Ticket-dispensing machines; 4.2.5 Ramped access; 4.2.6 Temporary ramps; 4.2.7 Stepped access; 4.2.8 Handrails; 4.2.9 Hazards on access routes; 4.2.10 Access into the building -- entrance doors; 4.2.11 Lobbies; 4.3 Circulation within the building
4.3.1 Movement around the entrance storey of the building4.3.2 Reception area and entrance halls; 4.3.3 Internal doors; 4.3.4 Corridors and passageways; 4.4 Vertical circulation within the building; 4.4.1 Design objectives; 4.4.2 Lifting devices; 4.4.3 Passenger lifts; 4.4.4 Lifting platforms; 4.4.5 Wheelchair platform stairlifts; 4.4.6 Internal stairs; 4.4.7 Internal ramps; 4.4.8 Areas beneath stairs or ramps; 4.5 Aids to communication; 4.5.1 Design objectives; 4.5.2 Public address systems; 4.5.3 Fire alarm systems; 4.5.4 Surface finishes; 4.5.5 Hearing enhancement systems
4.5.6 Telephone systems including payphones and entry phones, etc. 4.5.7 Artificial lighting; 4.5.8 Signage; 4.6 Facilities in buildings other than dwellings; 4.6.1 Objectives; 4.6.2 Switches, outlets and controls; 4.6.3 Audience accommodation and general considerations; 4.6.4 Recommendations for all audience seating; 4.6.5 Sports facilities; 4.6.6 Refreshment facilities; 4.6.7 Sleeping accommodation; 4.6.8 Recommendations for all bedrooms; 4.6.9 Additional recommendations for wheelchair accessible bedrooms; 4.7 Sanitary accommodation in buildings other than dwellings

This informative book takes the practitioner through the requirements for Part M of the Building Regulations, explaining and expanding the guidance given in the Approved Document, and comparing the advice in BS83000 and other relevant publications. Access statements are demystified, and the implications for the building in use under the Disability Discrimination Act are clarified. It will inform all those working within the built environment, enabling them to deal with a complex and evolving area of the law which directly affects everyone.As with the other books in the Using the Building Regulations series Part M Access goes far beyond analysis of the Regulations and Documents themselves, and offers practical advice on using not just the traditional routes to compliance but also on the alternative approaches suggested but not explained in the Approved Documents. The advantages and disadvantages of each form of compliance are analysed in depth.

This informative book takes the practitioner through the requirements for Part M of the Building Regulations, explaining and expanding the guidance given in the Approved Document, and comparing the advice in BS83000 and other relevant publications. Access statements are demystified, and the implications for the building in use under the Disability Discrimination Act are clarified. It will inform all those working within the built environment, enabling them to deal with a complex and evolving area of the law which directly affects everyone. As with the other books in the Using the Building Regulations series Part M Access goes far beyond analysis of the Regulations and Documents themselves, and offers practical advice on using not just the traditional routes to compliance but also on the alternative approaches suggested but not explained in the Approved Documents. The advantages and disadvantages of each form of compliance are analysed in depth

Taking the practitioner through the requirements for Part M of the Building Regulations, this text explains and expands on the guidance given in the Approved Document, as well as comparing the advice given in BS8300 and in other relevant publications

2023-06-28