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The following titles relate to regulations and standards, and are available to buy from RIBA Bookshops.

Complete Reference Set of Approved Documents to the Building Regulations

The complete reference set of Approved Documents to the Building Regulations, containing the three new Parts F , L and P, the existing Approved Documents and the associated documents (Approved Document J: - Guidance and Supplementary Information on the UK Implementation of European Standards for Chimneys and Flues; - Approved Document to Support Reg. 7 – Materials and Workmanship; - and Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Procedural Guidance)

Building Regulations In Brief

Baffled by the Building Regs? Confused by codes of practice? Mystified by materials and puzzled by planning permission? Then look no further!

This handy and affordable guide is a time-saver for both professionals and enthusiasts. The information is sensibly organised by building element rather than by regulation, so that you can quickly lay your hands on whatever you need to know from whichever document. The authors' practical and no-nonsense advice will enable you to comply with the regulations in the simplest and most cost-effective manner.

Guide to Part B of the Building Regulations

Guide to Part B will help architects and other construction professionals to achieve compliance with the new Approved Document B.

The new Part B is very different, being twice the size of the previous edition. It includes major changes to the compliance criteria and greater technical detail. Now published in two volumes, to cover domestic buildings (Volume 1) and non-domestic ones (Volume 2). They contain important alterations to the safeguarding of escape routes and significantly reduce the need to provide self closing doors within dwellings.

The Electricians Guide to the 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations BS 7671: 2008 and Part P of the Building Regulations

This fully up-to-date reference tool for the new role of CDM co-ordinator has been written by APS (the Association for Project Safety).

APS' extensive experience in the field and insider's knowledge of the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations will prove invaluable to any practice offering CDM co-ordinator services. It is arranged so that basic services and procedures can be quickly reviewed and related to the normal flow of the CDM co-ordinator's activities on a traditional procurement route.

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