Ensuring safety for building construction in the UK
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
David A. Nethercot
Geoff Harding |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 268-269 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 6 | ||||
| Year: | 2007 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137807796157878 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The evolutions basic content and intent of the UK Building Regulations is explained. An underlying trend of more comprehensive coverage but less prescriptive treatment of individual topics is identified. Finally, the changes consequent upon the eventual replacement of National Standards by the Eurocodes are anticipated. |
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| Keywords: |
progressive collapse standards regulations buildings safety codes of practice
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