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Design and approvals
Drawings, calculations and applications that take a project from first design towards building control approval and completion. Approval decisions rest with your building control body.
In this group
11 services, each scoped in writing.
Add the ones you think apply and we will combine them into one quote request. If you are unsure, add your best guess and tell us about the project.
- Building Regulations applications
Preparing and managing your Building Regulations application through the route that suits the project: the local authority, a registered building control approver, or the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk buildings.
Approvals · Design stage
- Building Regulations drawings and plan review
Technical drawings and specifications, or a review of your architect’s drawings against the Approved Documents.
Approvals · Design stage
- Structural calculations
Calculations for beams, openings, lofts and new structures, ready for building control.
Part A · Design stage
- Fire strategy and design advice
Means of escape, compartmentation and fire strategy reports for new and altered buildings.
Part B · Design stage
- Drainage design and applications
Foul and surface water design, soakaway calculations and build-over applications.
Part H · Design stage
- Access and inclusive design review
Approach, entrances and facilities reviewed against Part M and the access standard required.
Part M · Design stage
- Ventilation design
Ventilation strategies and system design to meet Part F before work starts.
Part F · Design stage
- Acoustic design and remedial advice
Separating wall and floor details, and remedial advice after a failed sound test.
Part E · Design stage
- Principal designer (Building Regulations)
Principal Designer services for Building Regulations compliance, managed through one point of contact. Building Regulations and CDM 2015 Principal Designer roles are separate. Your quotation confirms which role is included.
Dutyholder · Design stage
- Regularisation support
Preparing a regularisation application for work carried out without Building Regulations approval. Applications go to the local authority, or to the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk buildings, never to a registered building control approver. Approval is not guaranteed, and opening up or alterations may be needed.
Approvals · Before completion
- Completion evidence and handover
Gathering the certificates, test results and statements building control needs before it can issue a completion or final certificate.
Approvals · Before completion
Timing
When these are usually needed.
Most of this work falls at design stage or just before completion. Booking early avoids delays at sign-off.
1Design stage
2During the build
Nothing from this group at this stage.
3Before completion
Guidance on this page refers to Building Regulations in England. What applies depends on the building and the work, and your quotation confirms it. Approval and completion decisions remain with your building control body.
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