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With amendments being made to Building Regulations and new Approved Documents coming into force, it’s difficult to keep up to date. We offer a solution: NBS Building Regulations.
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As NBS is the official publisher of the Approved Documents, you can be sure that you are referring to the most up-to-date information available.
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As the content of NBS Building Regulations is presented in an easy-to-search and browse format you will locate the information you need quickly. It also contains hyperlinks to other referenced technical documents, in The Construction Information Service.
NBS Building Regulations is also linked to the guidance in NBS specification software. This means that when you’re writing your spec and the guidance refers you to an Approved Document, you can link directly to that document in NBS Building Regulations.
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A subscription to NBS Building Regulations costs from £195+VAT and includes enhanced electronic versions of the full set of Approved Documents and NBS Shortcuts. And NBS Building Regulations contains much more too: Scottish Technical Handbooks, Northern Ireland Technical Booklets, news, and details of relevant events.
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The Knowledge Centre contains a comprehensive archive of Building Regulations Approved Documents for England and Wales, Scotland Technical Handbooks and Northern Ireland Technical Booklets. It also contains many associated documents and guides written to accompany the main documents.
We provide you with current, and for your convenience, superseded documents with most available to view online in HTML format or download.
The content of the Knowledge Centre offers many other benefits including:
NBS Shortcuts
NBS Shortcuts is a new series of quick, essential guides. They have been created to help building designers navigate the minefield of regulations, new materials and technology that they are confronted with on a regular basis. NBS Shortcuts are exclusively available as part of a subscription to NBS Building Regulations. More Shortcuts are being added regularly, representing great value for NBS Building Regulations subscribers. A free sample for non-subscribers is available at www.theNBS.com/BuildingRegs.
Building Regulations Events Archive
The NBS Building Regulations site also includes information about forthcoming NBS and industry wide events. NBS Building Regulations subscribers receive exclusive advance notice about forthcoming NBS Building Regulations events and all presentations delivered at these events are made available to subscribers as part of their subscription.
England and Wales Approved Documents
A Structure, 2004 edition
B1 Fire safety - Volume 1: Dwellinghouses, 2007 edition
B2 Fire safety - Volume 2: Buildings other than dwellinghouses, 2007 edition
C Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture, 2004 edition
D Toxic substances, 1992 edition, with 2002 amendments
E Resistance to the passage of sound, 2003 edition, with 2004 amendments
F Ventilation, 2006 edition, with October 2006 amendments
G Hygiene, 1992 edition, with 1992 & 2000 amendments
H Drainage and waste disposal, 2002 edition
J Combustion appliances and fuel storage systems, 2002 edition
K Protection from falling, collision and impact, 1998 edition, with 2000 amendments
L1A Conservation of fuel and power - new dwellings, 2006 edition
L1B Conservation of fuel and power - existing dwellings, 2006 edition
L2A Conservation of fuel and power - new buildings other than dwellings, 2006 edition
L2B Conservation of fuel and power - existing buildings other than dwellings, 2006 edition
M Access to and use of buildings, 2004 edition
N Glazing - safety in relation to impact, opening and cleaning, 1998 edition, with 2000 amendments
P Electrical safety – dwellings, 2006 edition
7 Materials and workmanship, 1999 edition, with 2000 amendments
Part L Second Tier Documents:
Low or Zero Carbon Energy Sources: Strategic Guide
Domestic Heating Compliance Guide
Non Domestic Heating, Cooling and Ventilation Compliance Guide
National Calculation Methodology for determining the energy performance of buildings
Scotland Technical Handbooks
Erratum to 2007 Technical Handbooks, 2007 edition
Domestic 0 General, 2007 edition
Domestic 1 Structure, 2007 edition
Domestic 2 Fire, 2007 edition
Domestic 3 Environment, 2007 edition
Domestic 4 Safety, 2007 edition
Domestic 5 Noise, 2007 edition
Domestic 6 Energy, 2007 edition
Non-Domestic 0 General, 2007 edition
Non-Domestic 1 Structure, 2007 edition
Non-Domestic 2 Fire, 2007 edition
Non-Domestic 3 Environment, 2007 edition
Non-Domestic 4 Safety, 2007 edition
Non-Domestic 5 Noise, 2007 edition
Non-Domestic 6 Energy, 2007 edition
Northern Ireland Technical Booklets
C Site preparation and resistance to moisture, 1994 edition 2
D Structure, 1994 edition 1,2
E Fire Safety, 1994 edition 1,2
E Fire Safety, 2005 edition
F Conservation of fuel and power, 1998 edition 2
G Sound, 1990 edition 1,2
G1 Sound (conversions), 1994 edition 2
H Stairs, ramps, guarding and protection from impact, 2000 edition
K Ventilation, 1998 edition 2
L Heat producing appliances, 1991 edition 1,2
N Drainage, 1990 edition 1,2
P Unvented hot water storage systems, 1994 edition 2
R Access facilities for disabled people, 2000 edition
V Glazing, 2000 edition
DOE Amendments Booklet - AMD1: 1998
DFP Amendments Booklet - AMD2: 2000
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