The Building Regulations apply to most forms of building work in England & Wales and are designed to set a minimum standard for the design and construction in order to ensure the health and safety of the building’s users. The Building … [Read more...]

Anyone who is responsible for a business premises has certain duties in respect to complying with fire safety regulations. Fire safety in buildings can be something of a regulatory maze and the aim of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 … [Read more...]

Part E of the Building Regulations, in 4 sections, deals with sound insulation within buildings, prevention of the passage of sound from within dwelling houses and to adjoining buildings as well as the acoustic conditions within school buildings. E1 … [Read more...]

Approved Document D relates to the use of cavity wall insulation and it's potential to release toxic fumes into the building. Any materials which could give off fumes should not penetrate occupied parts of the building. Such material may only be … [Read more...]

Section C1 of the Building Regulations is concerned with the health and safety of the building's users in particular regard to the effects of pollution and contaminants which may be present on the site. This can include vegetation, contaminated soil … [Read more...]

The Building Regulations Part B deal with fire safety and are divided into 2 sections. Volume 1 deals with dwelling houses and Volume 2 addresses fire safety in buildings other than dwelling houses. For the purposes of definition, a dwelling house … [Read more...]

Part A is aimed specifically at the structure of a building. In short, Part A of the regulations aim to ensure that the building will stay up, in normal circumstances and not collapse ‘disproportionately' in the course an abnormal event. A1 - … [Read more...]