Directorate for Local Government and Communities
Building Standards Division
BUILDING STANDARDS
2013 TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS
CORRIGENDA - OCTOBER 2014
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Directorate for Local Government and Communities
Building Standards Division
Introduction
The 2013 Technical Handbooks were published in June 2013 setting out the review
changes to building regulations and guidance that came into force on the 1st October
2013.
The handbooks are available, free of charge, in electronic format only. They can be
viewed or downloaded from the BSD website at – www.scotland.gov.uk/bsd. As part of
this new publication a few minor changes were made to the formatting of the books to
comply with accessibility requirements. We have also included a content page and page
numbering. As the handbooks are now in electronic format (web based) and fully
searchable, margin references have been removed and whilst defined terms are still
identified they are no longer in italics.
This Corrigenda provides a list of corrections published in October 2014.
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Directorate for Local Government and Communities
Building Standards Division
CONTENTS
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Introduction
Domestic
Non-Domestic
Section 0 - General
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Section 3 – Environment
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Appendix A & B
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Section 0 - General
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Section 2 - Fire
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Section 3 - Environment
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BUILDING STANDARDS
TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS 2013
DOMESTIC
CLAUSE
SUBJECT
0.1.7 Latest changes
0.1.7
General
SECTION 0 - GENERAL
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
 Clause updated to reflect changes to the
replacement of the Explosive Regulations 2005
0.3.2 Exempted buildings and services, fittings and equipment
0.3.2
Table 0.1
 Table updated to reflect changes to the Explosive
Exempted
Regulations 2005
buildings and
services, fittings
and equipment
0.12.2 Building standards applicable to conversions
0.12.2
Schedule 6 (b)
 In point (b) insert 3.27 after 3.26
0.2 Citation, commencement and interpretation
0.2.2
Explanation of
 2nd sentence ‘All of the terms defined above,
Regulation 2
including those from the regulations, are in italics
throughout the Handbooks.’ - has been deleted
DOMESTIC
CLAUSE
SUBJECT
3.7 Wastewater drainage
3.7
Mandatory
Standard
SECTION 3 - ENVIRONMENT
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
 Change list points format in mandatory standard
from numerical to alpha
APPENDIX A
DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION OF TERMS
Definition and explanation of
terms
Definitions and explanation of
terms
Definitions and explanation of
terms
DOMESTIC and NON-DOMESTIC
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
 3rd sentence ‘All the terms in bold text below are
in italics throughout the Technical Handbooks.’ removed
 Inverted commas added to terms defined in the
Building (Scotland) Act 2003 and Building
Regulations
 “Statement of sustainability” added to defined
terms
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BUILDING STANDARDS
TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS 2013
NON-DOMESTIC
CLAUSE
SUBJECT
0.1.7 Latest changes
0.1.7
General
SECTION 0 - GENERAL
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
 Clause updated to reflect changes to the
replacement of the Explosive Regulations 2005
0.3.2 Exempted buildings and services, fittings and equipment
0.3.2
Table 0.1
 Table updated to reflect changes to the Explosive
Exempted
Regulations 2005
buildings and
services, fittings
and equipment
0.12.2 Building standards applicable to conversions
0.12.2
Schedule 6 (b)
 In point (b) insert 3.27 after 3.26
0.2 Citation, commencement and interpretation
0.2.2
Explanation of
 2nd sentence ‘All of the terms defined above,
Regulation 2
including those from the regulations, are in italics
throughout the Handbooks.’ - has been deleted
NON-DOMESTIC
SECTION 2 – FIRE
CLAUSE SUBJECT
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
2.6 Spread to neighbouring buildings
2.6.4
External wall
 Text ‘ including any insulation core’ removed from
cladding
2nd sentence
NON-DOMESTIC
CLAUSE SUBJECT
3.14 Ventilation
3.14.1
Ventilation
generally
SECTION 3 - ENVIRONMENT
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
 3rd para text changed to ‘There is no need to
ventilate:
a. a store room used only for storage that
requires a controlled temperature
b. a room with a floor area of not more than 4m2.
This is not intended to include a
domestic sized kitchen or utility room where
ventilation should be in accordance
with the recommendations in the table in clause
3.14.5.’
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