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A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures. Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission , usually from a local council.
Building control may refer to: Building code, a set of standards for the construction of buildings; Building control body, an organisation enforcing construction standards in England and Wales; Building automation, automated control of a building through a Building Management System
An attic ladder (US) or loft ladder (UK) is a retractable ladder that is installed into an attic door/access panel. They are used as an inexpensive and compact alternative to having a stairway that ascends to the attic of a building. They are useful in areas with space constraints that would hinder the installation of a standard staircase.
Dormer window of the Building of Préfecture de police de Paris (île de la Cité) Gable dormers at Hospices de Beaune in Beaune, France Pair of hip roof dormer windows on the Howard Memorial Hall, Letchworth. A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. [1]
The eaves may also protect a pathway around the building from the rain, prevent erosion of the footings, and reduce splatter on the wall from rain as it hits the ground. The secondary function is to control solar penetration as a form of passive solar building design ; the eaves overhang can be designed to adjust the building's solar gain to ...
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The Building Safety Act 2022 created a regulated and legally protected profession for all building control professionals. To practice in the public sector with local authorities and/or in the private sector as employees of (RBCAs) companies or as self-employed individuals, all individual building control professionals must register with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) a statutory body ...
The scope of what constitutes ‘construction work’ has been increased. “Construction work” now means the carrying out of any building, civil engineering or engineering construction work and includes building temporary structures used for events, television, film and entertainment productions. [1]