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Using the BRE Bookshop online gives you many advantages:

  • You can rapidly search for the title or titles that you want using our powerful search tool searching our range of over 2,000 publications.
  • For each title, BREbookshop.com presents a brief abstract describing the publication - you don't have to guess what you're buying.
  • If you don't know the exact publication you need, using the BREbookshop search tool will offer you a choice of items on the subject you have described in your search - you can then select the titles you want.
  • Once you have selected the items you wish to buy, you simply pay for them using your credit/ debit card over our secure link.
  • For some publications, there is the added benefit of being able to buy online PDF files of them. On confirmation of a credit/ debit card payment, you can download to your computer immediately.

Using the search tool, you can use any one or combination of any of the four elements provided.

  • Enter your search term: In this box you may enter terms such as the document title, its author, ISBN number or a keyword or words.
  • Select from (publishers): If you know the publisher you are looking for you can select them from the drop down menu which appears if you place your cursor over the downward arrow (click to select). 
  • Select from (products): Similarly, if you know the medium of publication that you require (e.g. book, video, CD-ROM, software or PDF) select it from the drop down menu which appears if you place your cursor over the downward arrow (click to select). 

Requests to re-use materials from BRE Publications are unable to be processed at this time.

At the end of the online ordering process, you are given the option to print a receipt. If you input your email address when prompted during the process of creating your order, you will automatically receive by email an order confirmation that also acts as a receipt.

BRE Bookshop is only able to take payment by credit or debit card.

We accept all Visa, Mastercard, Eurocard, and Switch Cards.

Add the title to your cart. You can then go to checkout and complete your contact details. If you are paying by credit/ debit card and you supply your email address, you will receive an order confirmation email.

If you know the exact wording of the title, or a precise string of words in it, type them in double quotation marks in the search box. This will also find publications whose summary or keywords includes this string of words. 

If you are looking for a BRE series title with its number, this should be abbreviated and input without using spaces e.g. DG346 (for Digests), BR365 (for Reports), GBG18 (for Good Building Guides). Information Papers (IPs) were also numbered by year so you need to put the year it was published in, e.g. IP12/93 for IP12 published in 1993.

Use the 'Enter your search term' box. Multiple terms can be input using the words "and", "or" and "not" between each term (quotation marks not necessary). The expression developed has no limit on length.

Examples are:

  • concrete and steel - publications which have both the words "concrete" and "steel'" contained in the entry.
  • concrete or steel - publications which have either one (or both) of the two words contained in the entry.
  • concrete not steel - publications which have "concrete" contained in the entry but not "steel".
  • concrete and steel - publications whose entry includes both "concrete" and "steel" as terms in a single phrase. You can mix author's names (if known) with general terms, e.g.
  • moore and steel - documents written by Mr or Dr Moore about steel

Click on the title and you will find a summary of the publication and keywords. BREbookshop.com is a virtual bookshop so it is not possible to make a visit to select publications.

The item might not yet have been published, or might be temporarily unavailable.

If you cannot add any items to your cart, it could be because the security settings on your computer are not accepting cookies (you can check your security settings in Internet Explorer - Tools - Internet options - Security).

To reduce our environmental impact we are no longer providing hard copies of BRE publications. The majority of publications are available as an original PDF file or as a scan of the printed version. Some older publications are only available in hard copy and we are looking to make these available in digital format.

Yes. We use a secure link operated by Stripe when you enter your card details. Stripe transactions are encoded for your security and BREbookshop.com does not store your credit card details. Therefore, the amount is debited from your card on purchase of the item and not when the order is dispatched.

If you have purchased downloadable pdfs or software, the order confirmation page gives you a link where you can download the item(s) straightaway. If you have trouble doing this, the Order Confirmation and Receipt emailed to you also contains a link. If this email does not arrive at once, log into your account on BREbookshop.com, click on the Order Number, and download the pdf or software there. If you are still having problems, then email us at bookshop@bre.co.uk for further help.