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Preface. <p>Acknowledgements.</p> <p>General Introduction.</p> <p>Introduction.</p> <p>I Legal and Administrative Matters.</p> <p>1. Building Control: An Overview.</p> <p>2. The 1959 Act and its rRegulations.</p> <p>3. Administration of Buildng Control.</p> <p>4. Legal Liabilities.</p> <p>II Technical Matters.</p> <p>5. Introduction.</p> <p>6. Fitness of Materials and Workmanship.</p> <p>7. Structure.</p> <p>8. Introduction to Parts D and E.</p> <p>9. Structural fire precautions.</p> <p>10. Means of escape from fire and facilities for firefighting.</p> <p>11. Combustion Appliance Installations and Storage of Liquid and Gaseous Fuels.</p> <p>12. Preparation of sites and resistance to moisture.</p> <p>13. Resistance to transmission of sound.</p> <p>14. Conservation of fuel and power.</p> <p>15. Ventilation of buildings.</p> <p>16 Drainage and sanitary facilities.</p> <p>17. Electrical installations.</p> <p>18. Miscellaneous hazards.</p> <p>19. Access and Facilities for dwellings.</p> <p>20. Solid waste storage.</p> <p>21. Access to and Movement within Buildings and Protective Barriers.</p> <p>III Appendices.</p> <p>Index</p>

<p><b>George Bett</b> is the author of <i>The Scottish Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated</i>, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.</p> <p><b>Frith Hoehnke</b> is the author of <i>The Scottish Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated</i>, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.</p> <p><b>James Robison</b> is the author of <i>The Scottish Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated</i>, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.</p>

<p>This guide to the Technical Standards of the Scotish Building Regulations:</p> <ul> <li>explaines the building control system in Scotland with reference to the relevant legislation</li> <li>summarises legal liabilities under Scots law</li> <li>examines, part by part, the technical requirements of the building standards, with extensive illustrations and worked examples for further guidance</li> </ul> <p>The <i>Third Edition</i> has been substantially revised to take account of major changes to the Regulations and Technical Standards since the last edition was published in 1996.</p> <p>These major changes concern Parts D, E, J, M and R and other minor revisions have also been included.</p>

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