Local authorities require standards to support:
- fire prevention officers who ensure that buildings comply with fire regulations and fire precautions
- building control officers who ensure that buildings comply with the Building Regulations and are safe.
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| Reference number |
Title |
| General |
| BS 3632:2005 |
Specification for residential park homes |
| BS 4467:1991 |
Guide to dimensions in designing for elderly people |
| BS5655-13:1995 |
Lifts and service lifts. Recommendations for vandal resistant lifts |
| BS 7386:1997 |
Specification for draughtstrips for the draught control of existing doors and windows in housing |
| BS 7880:1997 |
Code of practice for draught control of existing doors and windows in housing using draughtstrips |
| BS 8207:1985 |
Code of practice for energy efficiency in buildings |
| BS 8211-1:1998 |
Energy efficiency in housing. Code of practice for energy efficient refurbishment of housing |
| BS 8220-1:2000 |
Guide for security of dwellings against crime. Dwellings |
| BS EN 12209:2003 |
Building hardware. Locks and latches. Mechanically operated locks, latches and locking plates. Requirements and test methods |
| Structural design |
| BS 8103-1:1995 |
Structural design of low-rise buildings. Code of practice for stability, site investigation, foundations and ground floor slabs for housing |
| BS 8103-2:2005 |
Structural design for low-rise buildings. Code of practice for masonry walls for housing |
| BS 8103-3:1996 |
Structural design for low-rise buildings. Code of practice for timber floors and roofs for housing |
| BS 8103-4:1995 |
Structural design for low-rise buildings. Code of practice for suspended concrete floors for housing |
