Building standards technical handbooks: non-domestic buildings - 2005 to 2017

The Building Standards technical handbooks provide guidance on achieving the standards set in the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and are available in two volumes, domestic buildings and non-domestic buildings.


Other Publications

Publications relating to Section 0 - General

Table Appendix B.6. Section 0 - General

Title Reference Publisher Section
Section 0 - General      

EU Construction Products Regulation and CE marking, including UK product contact point for construction products

- Department for Communities and Local Government 0

 

Publications relating to Section 1 - Structure

Table Appendix B.7. Section 1 - Structure

Title Reference Publisher Section
Section 1 - Structure      
Appraisal of existing structures (2009). - Institution of Structural Engineers. 1
Design guidance for disproportionate collapse - UK Timber Frame Association 1
Dynamic performance requirements for permanent grandstands subject to crowd action. Recommendations for management design and assessment (2008). - Institution of Structural Engineers. 1
Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds, Fifth Edition (2008). - The Stationary Office 1, 2
How to design concrete buildings to satisfy disproportionate collapse requirements. - The Concrete Centre 1
Masonry Design for Disproportionate collapse Requirement under Regulation A3 of the Building Regulations (England and Wales). - Brick Development Association 1
Natural stone masonry in modern Scottish construction - Scottish Stone Liaison Group 1
Small Buildings Structural Guidance (2010). - Scottish Government 1
Temporary demountable structures - Guidance on procurement, design and use (2007). - Institution of Structural Engineers. 1
The Building Regulations 2004 Edition- England and Wales- Requirement A- Disproportionate Collapse - NHBC 1

 

Publications relating to Section 2 - Fire

Table Appendix B.8. Section 2 - Fire

Title Reference Publisher Section
A simplified approach to alternative fire safety strategies (2010) - Scottish Government 2
Code of Practice on Sprinklers in Schools - British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association 2
Construction Products Directive, as amended by CE Marking Directive (93/68/EEC) and Fixing and use of CE Marks Directive (93/465/EEC) 89/106/EEC EC 2
Defect Action Sheet (Design), Housing Defects Prevention Unit (1985) DAS8 Building Research Establishment 2
Design, Construction, Specification and Fire Management of Insulated Envelopes for Temperature Controlled Environments (2008). - International Association of Cold storage Construction (European Division) 2
Design methodologies for smoke and heat exhaust ventilation (1999). BR 368 Building Research Establishment 2
EC Commission Decision 2000/147/EC on 8.2.00 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC 2000/147/EC EC 2
EC Commission Decision 2000/367/EC on 3.5.00 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC 2000/367/EC EC 2
EC Commission Decision 94/611/EC implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC 94/611/EC EC 2
EC Commission Decision 96/603/EC implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC 96/603/EC EC 2
External Fire Spread: Building Separation and Boundary Distances (1991) BR 187 Building Research Establishment 2
Firecode, Edition 3, NHS Scotland Property and Environment Forum (2003) - NHS Scotland 2
Fire Performance of external thermal insulation for walls of multi-storey buildings (2002) BR 135 Building Research Establishment 2
Fire safe design: A new approach to multi-storey steel framed buildings (2000) P288 Steel Construction Institute 2
Guidelines for the Construction of Fire Resisting Structural Elements BR 128 Building Research Establishment 2
Guide for Practitioners 6 - Conversion of traditional buildings (2007) - Historic Scotland 2
Hardware for Fire and Escape Doors - Issue 2: 2006 - Door and Hardware Federation and the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers 2
International Fire Engineering Guidelines 2005 - Australian Building Codes Board 2
Loss Prevention Council - Rules for Automatic Sprinkler Installations 2009 (Incorporating BS EN 12845) - LPC 2
Safety signs and signals: Guidance on Regulations - The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. - Health and Safety Executive 2
Single storey steel frame buildings in fire boundary conditions (2002). P313 Steel Construction Institute 2
Smoke shafts protecting fire-fighting shafts: their performance and design (2002). - Building Research Establishment 2
Technical memorandum TM19 (1995) - Chartered Institute of Building services 2
Vehicle finishing units fire and explosion hazards, Guidance Note (1981) PM25 Health and Safety Executive 2

 

Publications relating to Section 3 - Environment

Table Appendix B.9. Section 3 - Environment

Title Reference Publisher Section
Achieving air tightness GBG 67 Building Research Establishment 3
Advice on Flues for Modern Open Flued Oil Fired Boilers (2001) Technical Book 3 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Air Supply Requirements (2001) Technical Book 3 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Assessment of the risk of environmental damage being caused by spillage from domestic oil storage tanks (1999) Technical Book 3 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
CIBSE Guide B: 1986: section B2 (1986) - Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 3
Code of practice for ground floor, multi-storey and underground car parks, section 4 (1994) - Association for Petroleum and Explosive Administration 3
Contaminants in soils, collation of toxicological data and intake values for humans CLR9 Environment Agency 3
Contaminated land exposure assessment (CLEA) model, technical basis and algorithms CRL10 Environment Agency 3
Continuous mechanical ventilation in dwellings: design, installation and operation (1994) Digest 398 Building Research Establishment 3
Control of legionella bacteria in water systems - approved code of practice HSE L8 Health and Safety Executive 3
Dangerous Substances Directive 76/464/EEC EC 3
Design Guidance on Flood Damage to Dwellings (1996) - Scottish Executive 3
Development and Flood Risk C624 CIRIA 3
Development of Contaminated Land - Planning Advice Note PAN 33 Scottish Executive 3
Drainage Assessment: a guide for Scotland - SEPA 3
Fire Protection of Oil Storage Tanks (2001) Technical Book 3 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Flows and Loads - 2, Code of practice - British Water 3
Garage installations (1999) Technical Book 3 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Gas installation in timber frame and light steel framed buildings (2006) IGE/UP/7 (Edition 2) Institution of Gas Engineers 3
Good Building Guide, Parts 1 and 2 GBG 42 Building Research Establishment 3
Groundwater Directive 80/68/EEC EC 3
Guidance for the safe development of housing on land affected by contamination (2000) - National House Building Council and Environment Agency 3
Harvesting Rainwater for domestic use:- an information guide - Environment Agency 3
Housing For Varying Needs, 1999 - Communities Scotland 3
Installing Oil Supply Pipes Underground (2001) Technical Book 3 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Improving the flood performance of new buildings. 2007 - Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) 3
Land contamination risk assessment tools: an evaluation of some of the commonly used methods Technical Report P260 Environment Agency 3
Lifetime Homes Standards - Joseph Rowntree Foundation 3
Mound filter systems for domestic wastewater BR 478 Building Research Establishment 3
National Waste Plan, 1999 - SEPA 3
Non-liquid saturated treatment systems (1999) NSF/ANSI 41-1999 National Sanitation Foundation (USA) 3
Oil fired appliances and extract fans (1996) Technical Book 3 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Oil Firing Equipment Standard – Flues for use with Oil Fired Boilers with Outputs not above 50 kW (2001) Standard OFS E106 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Oil Firing Equipment Standard – Steel Oil Storage Tanks and Tank Bunds for use with Distillate Fuels, Lubrication Oils and Waste Oils (2002) Technical Standard OFS T200 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Oil firing industry technical advice on fire valves Technical Book 3 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Oil-fired appliance standard heating boilers with atomising burners, output up to 70kW and maximum operating pressures of 3Bar (1998) Applied Standards A100 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Oil Firing Technical Association Applied Standard OFS A101 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Passive stack ventilation systems (1994) IP 13/94 Building Research Establishment 3
Performance of building materials in contaminated land (1994) BR255 Building Research Establishment 3
Planning and Building Standards Advice on Flooding PAN 69 Scottish Executive 3
Planning and Flooding, Scottish Planning Policy (2003) SPP7 Scottish Executive 3
Planning and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems PAN61 Scottish Executive 3
Polyethylene oil tanks and bunds for distillate fuel (1999) Technical Standard OFS T100 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Positioning of flue terminals Technical Book 3 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Preparing for Floods (2003) - ODPM 3
Prevention of Environmental Pollution from Agricultural Activity, Code of practice (2005) - Scottish Executive 3
Priority contaminants report CLR 8 Environment Agency 3
Radon: guidance on protection measures for new dwellings in Scotland (1999) BR376 Building Research Establishment 3
Radon in dwellings in Scotland:2008 Review and Atlas - Health Protection Agency (HPA) 3
Rainwater and greywater use in buildings: best practice guidance C539 CIRIA 3
Reed beds, BRE Good Building Guide 42, Parts 1 and 2 (2000) GBG 42 Building Research Establishment 3
Roofs and roofing – performance, diagnosis, maintenance, repair and avoidance of defects - Building Research Establishment 3
Room heaters with atomising or vapourising burners with or without boilers, heat output up to 25kW Applied Standard A102 Oil Firing Technical Association 3
Secondary model procedure for the development of appropriate soil sampling strategies for land contamination R&D Technical Report P5 Environment Agency 3
Sewers for Scotland (2001) - Water Research Council 3
Soakaway design (1991) BRE Digest 365 BRE Digest 365 3
Spillage of flue gases from solid fuel combustion appliances, Information Paper (1994) IP 7/94 Building Research Establishment 3
Standards for the repair of buildings following flooding C623 CIRIA 3
Standards of Training in Safe Gas Installations, Approved Code of practice - Health and Safety Commission 3
SUDS Advice Note – Brownfield Sites - SEPA 3
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems: Design Manual for Scotland and Northern Ireland (2000) ISBN CIRIA 3
Technical aspects of site investigation R&D Technical report P5 Environment Agency 3
The official guide to approved solid fuel products and services (2004-2005) - HETAS 3
Thermal Insulation: Avoiding Risks, Report (2002) BR 262 Building Research Establishment 3
Underground storage tanks for liquid hydrocarbons - Scottish Executive 3
Wastewater recycling/reuse and Water conservation devices (1996) NSF 41 National Sanitation Foundation (USA) 3
Water Regulatory Advisory Scheme: Information and Guidance Note 9-02-04 9-02-05 WRAS 3

 

Publications relating to Section 4 - Safety

Table Appendix B.10. Section 4 - Safety

Title Reference Publisher Section
Accessible Thresholds in New Housing - DETR 4
Building Sight (1995) - RNIB 4
Code for Lighting (2002) - CIBSE 4
Code of Practice 1: 'Bulk LPG Storage at Fixed Installations - Part 4 - Buried / Mounded LPG Storage Vessels, as amended - UKLPG 4
Code of Practice 1: 'Bulk LPG Storage at Fixed Installations - Part 1 – ‘Design, Installation and Operation of Vessels Located Above Ground’, as amended. - UKLPG 4
Code of Practice 1: 'Bulk LPG Storage at Fixed Installations - Part 2 – ‘Small bulk Propane Installations for Domestic and Similar Purposes’, as amended - UKLPG 4
Code of Practice 24: 'Use of LPG cylinders': Part 1 - The Use of Propane in Cylinders at Residential Premises. - UKLPG 4
Guidance on the use of Tactile Paving Surfaces (1998) - The Scottish Office/DETR 4
Guidance to the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 - DEFRA 4
Housing for Varying Needs, Parts 1 and 2 - Communities Scotland 4
Inclusive Design - Planning Advice Note (2006) PAN 78 Scottish Executive 4
Inclusive Mobility (2002) - Department for Transport 4
Preventing hot water scalding in bathrooms: using TMVs IP 14/03 BRE 4
Safety in window cleaning using portable ladders (2003) MISC 613 HSE 4

 

Publications relating to Section 5 - Noise

Table Appendix B.11. Section 5 - Noise

Title Reference Publisher Section
Housing and sound insulation: Improving attached dwellings and designing for conversions (2006) - Arcamedia 5
Planning and Noise, Planning Advice Note (1999) PAN56 Scottish Executive 5
Review of Sound Insulation Performance in Scottish Domestic Construction - Scottish Executive 5
Scottish House Condition Survey, Scottish Homes (1996) - Communities Scotland 5
Sound Advice on Noise: don’t suffer in silence (2001) - Scottish Executive 5

 

Publications relating to Section 6 - Energy

Table Appendix B.12. Section 6 - Energy

Title Reference Publisher Section
Accredited Construction Details (Scotland) - Building Standards Division 6
A Practical Guide to Ductwork Leakage Testing DW/143 Building Engineering Services Association 6
Assessing Condensation Risk and Heat loss at Thermal Bridges around Openings (1994) IP 12/94 Building Research Establishment 6
Assessing the Effects of Thermal Bridging at Junctions and Around Openings IP 1/06 Building Research Establishment 6
BSRIA Commissioning Guides (various) - BSRIA 6
Building Energy Metering TM 39 Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 6
Building Log Book Toolkit (2006) TM 31 Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 6
CIBSE Commissioning Codes (various) - Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 6
CIBSE Guide (2006) Section A3 Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 6
Code for Lighting - Society of Light and Lighting 6
Conventions For Calculating Linear Thermal Transmittance and Temperature Factors’ BR 497 Building Research Establishment 6
Conventions for U-value calculations (2006) BR 443 Building Research Establishment 6
Design for Improved Solar Shading Control’ 2006 TM 37 Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers  
Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide for Scotland - Building Standards Division 6
Energy Efficiency Best Practice in Housing publication - Effective use of insulation in dwellings, September 2003 CE23 Energy Saving Trust 6
Energy efficient lighting - guidance for installers and specifiers CE 61 Energy Saving Trust 6
iSBEM User Guide - Building Research Establishment (for CLG) 6
Low Energy Domestic Lighting GIL 20 Energy Saving Trust 6
Measuring Air Permeability of Building Envelopes TS 1 ATTMA 6
Metal Cladding: assessing the performance of built-up systems which use Z-spacers, Information Paper IP 10/02 Building Research Establishment 6
Metal Cladding: U-value calculation: Assessing thermal performance of built-up metal roof and wall cladding systems using rail and bracket spacers, 2002 P312 Steel Construction Institute 6
Non-Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide for Scotland - Building Standards Division 6
Non-Domestic Lighting (2009) GBG 61 Part 3 Building Research Establishment 6
People and Lighting Controls IP 6/96 Building Research Establishment 6
Reducing Overheating – A Designer’s Guide CE 129 Building Research Establishment 6
SAP 2012 - Building Research Establishment 6
SBSA Technical Handbook - ‘Conservatories’ - Building Standards Division 6
SBSA Technical Guide: ’U- values’ - Building Standards Division 6
Selecting Lighting Controls Digest 498 Building Research Establishment 6
Specification for Sheet Metal Ductwork DW/144 HVCA 6
Thermal Insulation: Avoiding Risks, Report (2002) BR 262 Building Research Establishment 6

 

Publications relating to Section 7 - Sustainability

Table Appendix B.13. Section 7 - Sustainability

Title Reference Publisher Section
CIBSE Guide: An Environmental Design (2006) - CIBSE 7
BRE Digest 309, 310: Estimating daylight in buildings - BRE 7
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