Does it cover Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as England?

Yes. Choosing Scotland switches to the Technical Handbooks and Northern Ireland to the Technical Booklets, rather than the England and Wales Approved Documents.

Will it cite the exact Approved Document paragraph?

Every compliance answer carries references you can open — the part, section and paragraph — so you can verify it before you build.

Can I use one account for UK and overseas projects?

Yes — the Pro plan includes global code switching across UK Building Regulations, US IBC/IRC, Canada's NBC and Australia's NCC.

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Approved Documents · BS/EN standards · Every trade

AI building regulations assistant for UK trades — Approved Documents, cited.

SwiftGuide is a global building code AI. Set a project to the United Kingdom and it answers against the Building Regulations and their Approved Documents in metric units, citing the part and paragraph behind every compliance call.

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Codes and standards SwiftGuide cites in United Kingdom

Approved Documents A, B and C

Structure, fire safety and site preparation with resistance to moisture — including load paths, escape routes, compartmentation and damp-proofing.

Approved Documents K, M and Q

Protection from falling (stairs, guarding, balustrade heights), access and use of buildings, and security for new dwellings.

Approved Documents L, F and O

Conservation of fuel and power, ventilation and overheating — U-values, SAP/SBEM inputs, background ventilators and glazing limits.

Referenced British Standards

BS EN Eurocodes for structural design, BS 5250 moisture, BS 8000 workmanship and BS 7671 electrical, cited where they govern.

Local adoption and amendments

Codes are adopted and amended locally. Set the country and region on a project and SwiftGuide switches its knowledge base, terminology and units to match.

England

Building Regulations 2010 with the current Approved Documents and Part L 2021 uplift.

Wales

Welsh Government Approved Documents, which diverge from England on Parts L and F.

Scotland

Scottish Building Standards Technical Handbooks replace the Approved Documents.

Northern Ireland

Technical Booklets A to R under the NI Building Regulations.

London

Additional planning and fire-safety expectations layered on top of the national regulations.

Other areas

Pick your region on the project and SwiftGuide uses the matching guidance documents.

How SwiftGuide works on the job

AI chat assistant

Ask in plain language and get answers with clause-level citations from the code adopted where you're building.

3D modelling & take-off

Describe or upload the job and get a parametric 3D model plus quantities in metric or imperial units.

Global code switching

One account covers US IBC/IRC, UK Building Regulations, Canada's NBC and Australia's NCC on the Pro plan.

Common questions

Does it cover Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as England?: Yes. Choosing Scotland switches to the Technical Handbooks and Northern Ireland to the Technical Booklets, rather than the England and Wales Approved Documents.
Will it cite the exact Approved Document paragraph?: Every compliance answer carries references you can open — the part, section and paragraph — so you can verify it before you build.
Can I use one account for UK and overseas projects?: Yes — the Pro plan includes global code switching across UK Building Regulations, US IBC/IRC, Canada's NBC and Australia's NCC.