BS 5588-11:1997 PDF

Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings - Part 11: Code of practice for shops, offices, industrial, storage and other similar buildings Executive summary Recommendations for fire precautions in the design, construction and facilities for shops, offices, industrial, storage and other similar buildings. Abstract This part of BS 5588 relates to the following buildings: a) shops and similar premises used for retail trade or business, including:

1. large premises such as department stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets excepting communal parts of shopping complexes;
2. premises where goods may not necessarily be sold over the counter but in which a trade or business is carried out, such as hairdressers’ salons, television rental shops and auction rooms;