Building regulations in brief
By: Ray Tricker
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 714
ISBN-13: 9780080470733
Subjects: Building; Building laws; Standards; Droit; Handbooks, manuals; Military; LAW; Construction
Description: A must have for anyone who needs to keep up-to-date with the Building Regs.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [662]-682) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Contents; title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: 1 The Building Act 1984; title: 1.1 Aim of the Building Act 1984; title: 1.1.1 What about the rest of the United Kingdom?; title: 1.2 What happens if I contravene any of these requirements?; title: 1.3 Who polices the Act?; title: 1.4 Are there any exemptions from Building Regulations?; title: 1.4.1 What about Crown buildings?; title: 1.4.2 What about buildings in Inner London?; title: 1.4.3 What about the UK Atomic Energy Authority?; title: 1.4.4 What about the British Airports Authority?; title: 1.4.5 What about the Civil Aviation Authority?; title: 1.5 What about civil liability?; title: 1.6 What does the Building Act 1984 contain?; title: 1.7 What are the Supplementary Regulations?; title: 1.7.1 What is Schedule 1 of Part 5 of the Building Act 1984?; title: 1.7.2 What is Schedule 2 of the Building Act 1984?; title: 1.7.3 What is Schedule 3 of the Building Act 1984?; title: 1.7.4 What is Schedule 4 of the Building Act 1984?; title: 1.7.5 What is Schedule 5 of the Building Act 1984?; title: 1.7.6 What is Schedule 6 of the Building Act 1984?; title: 1.7.7 What is Schedule 7 of the Building Act 1984?; title: 1.8 What are 'Approved Documents'?; title: 1.9 What is the 'Building Regulations Advisory Committee'?; title: 1.10 What is 'type approval'?; title: 1.11 Does the Fire Authority have any say in Building Regulations?; title: 1.12 How are buildings classified?; title: 1.13 What are the duties of the local authority?; title: 1.13.1 What document controls must local authorities have in place?; title: 1.13.2 How do local authorities 'serve' notices and documents?; title: 1.14 What are the powers of the local authority?; title: 1.14.1 Have the local authority any power to enter premises?; title: 1.15 Who are approved inspectors?; title: 1.15.1 What is an initial notice?; title: 1.15.2 What are plans certificates?; title: 1.15.3 What are final certificates?; title: 1.15.4 Who retains all these records?; title: 1.15.5 Can public bodies supervise their own work?; title: 1.16 What causes some plans for building work to be rejected?; title: 1.17 Can I apply for a relaxation in certain circumstances?; title: 1.18 Can I change a plan of work once it has been approved?; title: 1.19 Must I complete the approved work in a certain time?; title: 1.20 How is my building work evaluated for conformance with the Building Regulations?; title: 1.20.1 Can I build on a site that contains offensive material?; title: 1.21 What about dangerous buildings?; title: 1.21.1 Emergency measures; title: 1.21.2 Can I demolish a dangerous building?; title: 1.21.3 Can I be made to demolish a dangerous building?; title: 1.22 What about defective buildings?; title: 1.23 What are the rights of the owner or occupier of the premises?; title: 1.24 Can I appeal against a local authority's ruling?; title: 1.24.1 What about compensation?; title: Appendix A Contents of the Building Act 1984; title: 2 The Building Regulations 2000; title: 2.1 What is the purpose of the Building Regulations?; title: 2.2 Why do we need the Building Regulations?; title: 2.3 What building work is covered by the Building Regulations?; title: 2.4 What are the requirements associated with the Building Regulations?