Building Regulations - Softcover

Whyte, W. S.; Powell-Smith, Vincent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0246119314 ISBN 13: 9780246119315

Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1982

Synopsis

This guide to the Building Regulations for England and Wales has been revised to include: amendments to The Approved Documents operative from 1st April 1990; a new chapter on access for the disabled; further details on the NHBC building control service; and a revised chapter on legal liabilities to take account of substantial changes in case law. The book is intended for use by architects, building surveyors, contractors, local authorities and lawyers and by students at all levels taking courses in architecture, building and surveying.

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Review

An invaluable aid...each chapter′s issues are concise, with easy–to–follow guidance, and with a good depth of technical knowledge. thoroughly useful and well–presented should be on every practitioner′s bookshelf.

Building Engineer

From the Back Cover

The Building Regulations Explained and Illustrated, first produced almost 40 years ago by Vincent Powell–Smith and Walter Whyte, provides a straightforward, well illustrated guide to building control in England and Wales.

This latest edition has been substantially revised to include completely new chapters on:

• Part B Fire


• Part E Resistance to the passage of sound


• Parl L Conservation of fuel and power

The book also includes quite a number of revisions to chapters on:

• Part H Drainage and waste disposal


• Part J Heat producing appliances

together with updates to the legal and administrative chapters. The book continues to be authoritative guide to the Building Regulations.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0246119314
• ISBN 13: 9780246119315
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 320