Scotland's Building Regulations have always been a bit different from the rest of the UK, but they're about to become very different indeed. Alex Smith reports on the changes planned, and explains why Whitehall is taking an interest. Many in the english and welsh construction industry have a parochial view of Scotland, which is to say that they don't know how things work north of the border. Many English architects, for example, do not realise that Scottish Building Regulations differ from those in England and Wales - which means they come unstuck when they venture into Scotland. "Some architects don't have the faintest idea that there's a different system in Scotland," says Sue Bush, president of the Scottish Association of Building Standards Managers and building control manager at Inverclyde council, south-west of Glasgow. "They say that they have complied with Part D on toxins and we have to tell them that Part D means structural fire precautions in Scotland. It can lead to friction."
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