Building Regulations

Building Regulations & Approval

Building Regulations & Approval

At Sha Structures we understand that each building project is different but they all have one common goal – to achieve compliance with the functional requirements of the Building Regulations in the most cost effective and efficient way possible.

From custom loft and basement conversions to large scale housing developments, we provide the highest standard in Building Regulations services across London and South East England. 

 

Building Planning Services

Building Regulation Plans

In and around buildings, the Building Regulations may apply. These regulations are intended to safeguard people’s safety, health, and well-being. They also establish accessibility, water use, energy use, and security standards. The approved documents provide additional guidance for a variety of common building situations. They contain statutory guidance on how to comply with the Building Regulations.

SHA Structures guides you throughout the process of obtaining Building regulations approval certificate to ensure the successful completion of your project. Our engineers are qualified professionals with extensive experience in Building Control regulations in both the public and private sectors.

Approved Document A (Structure)
The structural design covers the foundations, ground floor slab, walls, wall removal, sizes and supports for new steel beams or steel frames, lintels specification, joists sizes, spacing and layout (for floors and roofs), trimmers around stairs or skylights, chimney support steels or gallows brackets, specifications for materials to be used, requirements to ensure stability and prevention of disproportionate collapse (vertical straps, lateral restraint straps, vertical and horizontal ties) and other requirements for compliance with Document A.
Approved Document B (Fire)
The specifications will set out requirements to provide fire detection, means of escape, measures to limit the spread of fire and reasonable access and facilities for the fire service.
Approved Document E (Sound Insulation)
The specification would cover acoustic performance details. This is usually applicable to residential developments of flats but we recommend that it is also incorporated in all dwellings to improve acoustic performance. This will reduce vibration, control noise travel, improve the quality of the dwelling and add to the property value.
Approved Document F (Ventilation)
The specifications would provide details to ensure proper ventilation and meeting the requirements for air-tightness. This aims to provide fresh air, remove CO2, remove airborne pollutants, remove excess moisture, remove excess heat and provide air to fuel-burning appliance.
Approved Document H (Drainage and Waste Disposal)
The specifications will deal with requirements of foul water drainage, wastewater drainage, rainwater drainage, building over sewers and solid waste storage.
Approved Document L (Fuel Conservation)
The package will include construction details and specifications for the insulation of the floors, walls and roofs. We provide details that are in compliance with the enhanced accredited construction details and ensure the meeting or exceeding the required U values.
Approved Document M (Access)
Includes details to provide access and alternative means of access to all potential users of the dwellings and other building types. Our specifications and construction details aim to comply with Part M by addressing specific user needs, enabling disabled and older occupants to maximize their own individual abilities, minimizing adverse effects resulting from reduced mobility, facilitating independent living.
Approved Document P (Electrical Safety)
The package will include details for the safe installation of electrical appliances as well as routing and locations of switches, sockets, and cabling. It also allows for self-certification when applicable.
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Building Regulations Services

Extensions and Loft Conversions

Either full planning permission or a lawful development certificate is always required when you are planning for a home extension, a garage, or simply constructing a new structure on your own land or property. Therefore, you require architectural or planning drawings and this is where we can help you in provision of your drawings, manage and submit your planning applications.

SHA Structures advises its clients on the following common design considerations when it comes to converting a loft:

  • The ceiling height and available headroom
  • Stairs with easy access and an ideal location
  • Services and boiler location
  • Lighting concerns and skylight placement 
  • Permitted development vs. planning permission
  • Floor strength, insulation, ventilation, and fire escapes

SHA Structures explains the available loft conversion choices to you that will ensure you make the right design for your own project. 

The followings are the different types of loft conversions;

  • Rooflight loft conversion
  • Single dormer loft conversion
  • Full dormer loft conversion
  • Hip-to-gable loft conversion
  • Mansard loft conversion
  • Modular loft conversion
  • L-shaped loft conversion
  • Bungalow loft conversion

Building Planning Services

Openings in Walls

Wall opening placement needs to be thought out carefully to prevent excessive stress on the masonry. At the design stage, openings should be well planned by the designer, this is where SHA Structures can help you out to make the right decisions.

An internal wall or doorway can typically be built, altered, or removed without obtaining a building consent. However, the building work you propose cannot be related to a wall that is load-bearing, a bracing element, a firewall or a masonry wall, that is made of units of material such as brick, burnt clay, concrete or stone laid to a bond in and joined together with mortar.

“All new building work must comply with the Building Code, including with its structural performance requirements. Also note that, on completion of the building work, the altered building must comply with the Building Code to at least the same extent as it did before the building work was undertaken.”

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