This is a highly practical and time-saving presentation of the Building Regulations relating to buildings used for public assembly or residential purposes (other than houses and flats), such as theatres, sports stadia, hotels, prisons and halls of residence. It is written in the same accessible format as the author's established companion books covering houses and flats, and shops, offices and factories. In this book, the Building Regulations have been organized by construction method and classified under the following headings: work below ground; external walls; ground floors; suspended upper floors; roofs; internal walls; windows, ventilation openings, fire doors and entrances; staircases, ramps, terraced seating and viewing slopes; hearths for solid fuel appliances, flues and chimneys; gas- and oil-fired equipment, heating, hot water and lighting; washrooms, toilets and above-ground draina≥ below-ground drainage, rainwater disposal and solid waste stora≥ means of escape and fire-fighting facilities; provisions for the disabled; car park buildings and surface parking areas. Each chapter forms a self-contained unit covering all the Regulation requirements applicable to a particular part of a building; with this single volume, professionals can ensure that all the Regulations are fully met. Also included is a digest of published standards, guides and technical information as well as reviews of the new Eurocodes currently being introduced. practical one-stop reference guide for all Regulations applied to buildings used for public assembly or residential purposes the only book available that classifies Regulations by the main building elements fully up-to-date, incorporating the July 1995 amendments to Parts L and F of the Building Regulations covering ventilation and the conservation of fuel and power expands on Regulations with details of British Standards and introduces new or proposed European standards where appropriate A core text for students on BTEC HNC/D and degree courses in building, architecture, surveying, estate management and other built environment disciplines. It is an ideal reference source for all professionals working in these areas. This book, together with its companion volumes - dealing with the application of the Building Regulations to houses and flats, and shops, offices and factories - offer complete coverage of all building topics subject to the legisaltion.

C M H Barritt, formerly Senior Lecturer in architectural practice and general building technology at Southend College of Technology, is a well-respected author in the field. He has also published with Longman The Building Acts and Regulations Applied: Houses and Flats, The Building Acts and Regulations Applied: Shops, Offices and Factories, Advanced Building Construction Volumes 1 and 2, and a revised edition of Mitchell's Materials. Also available: The Building Acts and Regulations Applied: Houses and Flats 2nd edition, ISBN 0-582-27449-4 The Building Acts and Regulations Applied: Shops, Offices and Factories, ISBN 0 582-25630-5.