Building Regulations in Brief

Ray Tricker (MSc, IEng, CQP-FCQI, FIET, FCMI, FIRSE) is a Senior Consultant with over 50 years' continuous service in quality, safety and environmental management, project management, communication electronics, railway command, control and signalling systems, information technology and the development of molecular nanotechnology.He served with the Royal Corps of Signals (for a total of 37 years) and his work since leaving the services has centred on the European railways. Ray was also a UKAS assessor and he was the Quality, Safety and Environmental Manager for the project management consultancy responsible for overseeing the multi-billion-dollar Trinidad rapid rail system. As well as writing well over 60 books on diverse subjects he keeps busy assisting small businesses from around the world, helping them to produce their own auditable quality and/or integrated management systems.

This tenth edition of the most popular and trusted guide reflects all the latest amendments to the Building Regulations, planning permission and the Approved Documents in England and Wales.

1. The Building Act 1984, 2. The Building Regulations 2010, 3. The requirements of the Building Regulations, 4. Planning permission, 5. Work that requires planning permission or Building Regulations approval, 6. Meeting the requirements of the Building Regulations - dwellings, 7. Meeting the requirements of the Building Regulations - buildings other than dwellings