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

Building control in five European countries