C M H Barritt, formerly Senior Lecturer in architectural practice and general building technology at Southend College of Technology, is a well-respected author in the field. He has also published with Longman The Building Acts and Regulations Applied- Houses and Flats, The Building Acts and Regulations Applied- Shops, Offices and Factories, Advanced Building Construction Volumes 1 and 2, and a revised edition of Mitchell's Materials.

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• 1. Introduction 2. Materials and workmanship 3. Work below ground 4. External walls 5. Ground floors 6. Suspended upper floors 7. Roofs 8. Internal walls 9. Windows, ventilation openings, fire doors and entrances 10. Staircases, ramps, terraced seating and viewing slopes 11. Hearths for solid fuel appliances, flues and chimneys 12. Gas- and oil-fired equipment, heating, hot water and lighting 13. Washrooms, toilets and above-ground drainage 14. Below-ground drainage, rainwater disposal and solid waste storage 15. Means of escape and fire-fighting facilities 16. Provisions for disabled people 17. Car park buildings and surface parking areas

C M H Barritt, formerly Senior Lecturer in architectural practice and general building technology at Southend College of Technology, is a well-respected author in the field. He has also published with Longman The Building Acts and Regulations Applied- Houses and Flats, The Building Acts and Regulations Applied- Shops, Offices and Factories, Advanced Building Construction Volumes 1 and 2, and a revised edition of Mitchell's Materials.

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• 1. Introduction 2. Materials and workmanship 3. Work below ground 4. External walls 5. Ground floors 6. Suspended upper floors 7. Roofs 8. Internal walls 9. Windows, ventilation openings, fire doors and entrances 10. Staircases, ramps, terraced seating and viewing slopes 11. Hearths for solid fuel appliances, flues and chimneys 12. Gas- and oil-fired equipment, heating, hot water and lighting 13. Washrooms, toilets and above-ground drainage 14. Below-ground drainage, rainwater disposal and solid waste storage 15. Means of escape and fire-fighting facilities 16. Provisions for disabled people 17. Car park buildings and surface parking areas