Measuring the evolution of online handling of building permits in Europe

Electronic customer related services of governments have expanded enormously. In many regulatory domains the use of ICT services has become common property. This applies also to the field of building regulations. Main theme of this paper is the possibility to apply online for a building permit. The developments in 18 European countries are being...

Fire safety regulations for housing in Europe compared

There is still broad variety of systems of technical requirements for buildings in the various European countries, despite the existence of the Construction Products Directive of the European Union and the development of Euro Codes. The goals and topics are quite similar, but detailed study reveals considerable variety of functional requirements...

The growing importance of an accurate system of building control

Systems of building control have a long history. Technical regulations and control seems to be the subject of an ongoing debate between, on the one hand, those in favour of deregulation and reducing the administrative burden and, on the other hand, new quality demands that require government intervention. Currently in the Netherlands, both sides...

Systems of performance based requirements for housing in Europe

Building regulations in Europe Part II: A comparison of technical requirements in eight European countries

Building regulations in Europe Part I: A comparison of the systems of building control in eight European countries

Sustainable housing in Europe

There is considerable variation in the extent to which environmental measures are adopted in housing construction in various European countries. Whereas sustainable housing is dearly part of day-to-day building practice in some countries, in others the topic seldom receives serious attention. None of the environmental measures which are...

Three-dimensional finite element analysis of tunnels and foundations. (Analyse tridimensionnelle aux elements finis de tunnels et de fondations)

Building control in five European countries