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Technical Handbooks 2005

These Technical Handbooks provide guidance on achieving the standards set in the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and are available in two volumes, for Domestic buildings and for Non-domestic buildings.

The Handbooks are available to view online or download in full or part in PDF format using the links below. See also Building (Scotland) Act 2003 - Erratum to Handbooks and Forms under 'Letters to Chief Executives of Verifiers' link above, particularly for section 5 - Noise.

Please note that, due to their file size, the PDF version of the full publications and several of the individual sections may take some time to download on slower internet connections.

Domestic Handbook – May 2005

Section 0 - General (pdf, 1.6Mb)
Section 1 - Structure (pdf, 393Kb)
Section 2 - Fire (pdf, 3.6Mb)
Section 3 - Environment (pdf, 6.1Mb)
Section 4 - Safety (pdf, 1.6Mb)
Section 5 - Noise (pdf, 1.6Mb)
Section 6 - Energy (pdf, 2.8Mb)
Appendix A (pdf, 750Kb)
Appendix B (pdf, 233Kb)
Appendix C (pdf, 136Kb)

Non-domestic Handbook – May 2005

Full Publication (html version)

Section 0 - General (pdf, 1.5Mb)
Section 1 - Structure (pdf, 389Kb)
Section 2 - Fire (pdf, 6.7Mb)
Section 3 - Environment (pdf, 4.8Mb)
Section 4 - Safety (pdf, 1.4Mb)
Section 5 - Noise (pdf, 279Kb)
Section 6 - Energy (pdf, 2.8Mb)
Appendix A (pdf, 769Kb)
Appendix B (pdf, 238Kb)
Appendix C (pdf, 137Kb)