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945865
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b700235
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Smith, Melanie.
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Part M Access : : using the building regulations /\ Melanie Smith.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;Boston :: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,, 2006.
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1 online resource (x, 162) :: illustrations (some color)
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0080456340
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: 0080489834
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: 0750664509
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: 9780080456348
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: 9780080489834
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: 9780750664509
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0750664509
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Author Biography; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; About this series of books; About this book; CHAPTER 1 Series introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What are the Building Regulations?; 1.3 How are the Regulations administered?; 1.3.1 Local authority building control; 1.3.2 Approved inspectors; 1.4 Why are the Building Regulations needed?; 1.4.1 Control of public health and safety; 1.4.2 Welfare and convenience and other controls; 1.4.3 The new system and the extension of control.
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1.4.4 The future of building control in England and WalesCHAPTER 2 General considerations; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What are the requirements?; 2.3 Chapter layouts; 2.4 People and poor design and detailing; 2.5 Interpretation -- All buildings; 2.6 Interpretation -- Dwellings only; 2.7 Application; 2.8 Extensions and alterations; 2.9 Change of use; 2.10 Historic buildings; CHAPTER 3 Access statements; 3.1 General; 3.1.1 Access statement (planning); 3.1.2 Access statement (building control); 3.1.3 Format of the access statement (building control); 3.1.4 Continuity.
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3.1.5 Example access statements (building control)CHAPTER 4 Buildings other than dwellings; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 The main provisions; 4.1.2 Interpretation; 4.1.3 Objectives of the provisions; 4.2 Getting to and into the building; 4.2.1 Approaching the building; 4.2.2 Car park provision; 4.2.3 Accessible parking bays; 4.2.4 Ticket-dispensing machines; 4.2.5 Ramped access; 4.2.6 Temporary ramps; 4.2.7 Stepped access; 4.2.8 Handrails; 4.2.9 Hazards on access routes; 4.2.10 Access into the building -- entrance doors; 4.2.11 Lobbies; 4.3 Circulation within the building.
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4.3.1 Movement around the entrance storey of the building4.3.2 Reception area and entrance halls; 4.3.3 Internal doors; 4.3.4 Corridors and passageways; 4.4 Vertical circulation within the building; 4.4.1 Design objectives; 4.4.2 Lifting devices; 4.4.3 Passenger lifts; 4.4.4 Lifting platforms; 4.4.5 Wheelchair platform stairlifts; 4.4.6 Internal stairs; 4.4.7 Internal ramps; 4.4.8 Areas beneath stairs or ramps; 4.5 Aids to communication; 4.5.1 Design objectives; 4.5.2 Public address systems; 4.5.3 Fire alarm systems; 4.5.4 Surface finishes; 4.5.5 Hearing enhancement systems.
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4.5.6 Telephone systems including payphones and entry phones, etc. 4.5.7 Artificial lighting; 4.5.8 Signage; 4.6 Facilities in buildings other than dwellings; 4.6.1 Objectives; 4.6.2 Switches, outlets and controls; 4.6.3 Audience accommodation and general considerations; 4.6.4 Recommendations for all audience seating; 4.6.5 Sports facilities; 4.6.6 Refreshment facilities; 4.6.7 Sleeping accommodation; 4.6.8 Recommendations for all bedrooms; 4.6.9 Additional recommendations for wheelchair accessible bedrooms; 4.7 Sanitary accommodation in buildings other than dwellings.
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| Abstract
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This informative book takes the practitioner through the requirements for Part M of the Building Regulations, explaining and expanding the guidance given in the Approved Document, and comparing the advice in BS83000 and other relevant publications. Access statements are demystified, and the implications for the building in use under the Disability Discrimination Act are clarified. It will inform all those working within the built environment, enabling them to deal with a complex and evolving area of the law which directly affects everyone. As with the other books in the Using the Building Regul.
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Building laws.
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Standards, Engineering.
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Building laws.
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LAW-- Military.
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Standards, Engineering.
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| Dewey Classification
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343/.07869
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| LC Classification
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K3538.S65 2006eb
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| Parallel Title
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Using the building regulations
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