Industry faces 5% cost hike

Industry faces 5% cost hike - 2002 - Building 267(8235) 24 May 2002, 12(1) .

According to a QS EC Harris report, the 1 April changes to Part L of the Building Regulations, making buildings more energy efficient to comply with Part L will add as much as 5% to costs. The report coincides with the DTLR's consultation paper "Proposals for new safety requirements for electrical installation work in dwellings", proposing the regulation of electrical installations in new, extended or altered homes. Copies of the consultation paper are available at: www.safety.dtlr.gov.uk/bregs/conindex.htm


BUILDING REGULATIONS PART L
DTLR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
SELF-CERTIFICATION
BUILDING REGULATIONS PART P
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
COSTS