| A Simplified Approach to Alternative Fire Safety Strategies | 2 - Fire | New guidance in support of Section 2: Fire | 2010 |
| Accredited Construction Details (for building warrant applications submitted on or after October 1, 2010) Introduction and principles (updated June 2011) Part 1 - Full Fill Masonry Construction Details Part 2 - Partial Fill Masonry Construction Details Part 3 - Timber Frame Construction Details Part 4 - Metal Frame Construction Details Part 5 - Additional Common Junction Details | | This document provides guidance and one method to meet some of the requirements of the functional standards set out in Regulation 9 of the Building (Scotland) Regulations. The guidance is not presciptive and other methods of meeting the functional standards will exist. | 2010 |
| Accredited Construction Details (Scotland) (2007) (for building warrant applications submitted up to and including September 30, 2010) | | This document provides guidance and one method to meet some of the requirements of the functional standards set out in Regulation 9 of the Building (Scotland) Regulations. The guidance is not presciptive and other methods of meeting the functional standards will exist. | 2007 |
| Airtightness and Sound Testing | 5 - Noise | Methodology for testing in support of Section 5 - Noise and Section 6 - Energy | 2011 |
| Condensing Boiler Assessment Procedure | 6 - Energy | Accredited Construction Details | 2010 |
| Conservatories Guide 2nd edition | | Revised and updated in line with 2010 handbooks | 2010 |
| Conversion of Traditional Buildings Part 1
Part 2 | | These guides has been published by Historic Scotland. | |
| Example Constructions and Generic Internal Constructions | | The 'Example Constructions and Generic Internal Constructions' have been updated to include Generic Internal Constructions for attic conversions and introduce a new floor detail for I-joists. Updated: October 2011 | 2011 |
| Fire Safety Management in Traditional Buildings | 2 - Fire | This guide has been published by Historic Scotland. For more information, please visit the Historic Scotland bookshop. | |
| Housing and sound insulation: A Guide to Improving existing attached dwellings and designing for conversions | 5 - Noise | The purpose of this guide is to provide methods and descriptions of how to improve sound insulation between attached dwellings, to assist in deciding on what levels of sound insulation may be required and to inform on key separating wall and floor types and influences of remedial treatments. | |
| NCM Modelling Guide for Non-domestic Buildings in Scotland | 6 - Energy | New guidance in support of Section 6 and energy performance certificates | 2010 |
| Procedural Guidance for Crown Buildings | 0 - General | Revised and updated including guidance on cells and reference to appropriate fire authorities | 2010 |
| Procedural Handbook 3rd Edition | 0 - General | Revised and updated - including revisions to reference Section 7 - Sustainability | 2011 |
| Protective Barriers in Existing Non-Domestic Buildings | 4 - Safety | A building regulation guide to openings in protective barriers such as railings or balustrades. | 2011 |
| Safe and sustainable installation of low carbon equipment Introduction to the guides Air source heat pumps (ASHP) Ground source heat pumps and water source heat pumps (GSHP and WSHP) Solar thermal systems or solar hot water (SHW) Biomass Installations (2012) Photovoltaics (2012) | 7 - Sustainability | These guides outline the main features of each technology and identify issues that need to be considered in the design and installation of low carbon equipment, for compliance with the building regulations, including good practice to optimise the energy efficiency of installations. More detailed guidance on the Scottish building regulations, including the functional standards, is given in the Technical Handbooks. | |
| Small Buildings Structural Guidance | 1 - Structure | Removed from Technical Handbooks, available independently on BSD website | 2010 |
| Sustainability label generator | 7 - Sustainability | Web tool for generating Statements of Sustainability under Section 7 | 2011 |
| U-Values 6.A - Tables of U-values and thermal conductivity 6.B - Worked examples of U-value calculations using the combined method 6.C - U-values of ground floors and basements | 6 - Energy | These guides are updated version of Annexes A, B ,and C of the 2006 Technical handbooks. It is intended as a reference document for use with the 2007 Technical handbooks. The guides relate to both domestic and non-domestic buildings. These guides are designed to give examples of some common construction methods but there are likely to be other solutions which will be more suited to a particular project. It should also be noted that there is commercially available software for undertaking U-value calculations, which is now the most usual method of calculation. Also, manufacturers of building products are usually able to assist with calculations for particular cases. | |
| Ventilation Domestic Guide | 3 - Environment | New guidance in support of Section 3: Environment | 2010 |