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This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
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Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
Southern Region, Mr D Banfield FRICS on 28 April 2021
An investigation of moisture risk when spray foam insulation is applied to timber sloped roofs with different resistance underlays.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Midlands Region, Mr V Ward BSC Hons FRICS, Judge P Ellis, Mr M Alexander BSc (Hons) FRICS on 28 February 2022
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
Eastern Region, Judge Graham Sinclair, Mr Stephen Moll FRICS and Mrs Ruth Wayte on 03 July 2019
Southern Region, Judge Tildesley OBE, Judge A Cresswell, Mr R Brown FRICS on 7th March 2023
Guidance for landlords of domestic private rented property on how to comply with the 2018 ‘Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ standard (EPC band E).
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Pittaway and Mr T Sennett on 24 July 2021
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