The Scottish Building Regulations : Explained and Illustrated Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	General Introduction
	Introduction
I	Legal and Administrative Matters	1
1	Building control: an overview	3
2	The 1959 Act and its regulations	7
3	Administration of building control	41
4	Legal liabilities	47
II	Technical Matters	57
5	Introduction	59
6	Fitness of materials and workmanship	87
7	Structure	91
8	Introduction to Parts D (structural fire precautions) and E (means of escape from fire etc.)	117
9	Structural fire precautions	123
10	Means of escape from fire, facilities for fire-fighting and means of warning of fire	137
11	Combustion appliance installations and storage of liquid and gaseous fuels	171
12	Preparation of sites and resistance to moisture	207
13	Resistance to transmission of sound	225
14	Conservation of fuel and power	251
15	Ventilation of buildings	269
16	Drainage and sanitary facilities	283
17	Electrical installations	305
18	Miscellaneous hazards	309
19	Access and facilities for dwelling	315
20	Storage of waste	321
21	Access to and movement within buildings, and protective barriers	325
App. 1	Historical perspective of building control	339
App. 2	Table of fees	343
App. 3	List of publications referred to in Technical Standards	345
App. 4	Building and buildings	367
	Index	389