Building guidance confounds fire sector experts

摘要

So obscure is the language used in the current Building Regulations and its Guidance in Approved Document B, it has kept the experts from these two organisations confused for almost a decade. The revelations come from a study by the Fire Sector Federation (FSF), which found: 1. 92 per cent of FSF members indicate a need to make changes to Building Regulations and Approved Document B 2. More than half of the Construction Industry Council find the Guidance in Approved Document B difficult to use 3. 100 per cent agreed the need to address inconsistencies in building definitions.