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Building Regulations Update

Jul 17, 2011 |NBS

This programme looks at the Building Regulations, examining the drawbacks of the current system and how the Regulations could be improved.

About the contributor(s)

Peter Caplehorn is a technical director for Scott Brownrigg.


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