Help shape the future of construction insight with DB Intelligence

Thanks to you, Designing Buildings has grown into one of the construction industry’s most trusted knowledge resources, sharing free, open access expertise since 2012 and now offering more than 20,000 articles to a diverse professional audience.

With 12,500 registered users, over 10,000 newsletter subscribers and 6 million page views in the last year, the platform has built an engaged community of people who use it to navigate an increasingly complex built environment.

We are now inviting registered users to become part of the new DB Intelligence market research advisory panel.

This is an opportunity for architects, consultants, contractors, designers, specialists, students and other built environment professionals to share informed opinions on the issues, products, services and trends shaping the sector. In return, panel members will be offered paid incentives for taking part.

The aim is simple: to give the industry a smarter way to listen to the people working in it every day.

Designing Buildings has always been about compiling, connecting and sharing knowledge that helps improve efficiency, spread best practice and reduce avoidable mistakes across the industry. DB Intelligence builds on that mission by creating a structured way for professionals to contribute not just what they know, but what they think.

Panel members may be invited to take part in a range of research activities, such as:

• Short online surveys.
• 1-2-1 interviews.
• Focus groups.
• Product or service feedback sessions.
• Longer-term studies on emerging industry themes.

Participation will be flexible, with opportunities designed to fit around professional schedules. This is intended to be practical, relevant and worthwhile: a chance to influence industry thinking while being rewarded for your time.

The opportunity has been shaped around what matters to professional audiences. Designing Buildings’ community research work highlights motivations such as knowledge sharing, professional credibility, networking and CPD-related value, while also showing that time constraints, lack of incentives, confidentiality and transparency are important considerations for participation. That means DB Intelligence is being developed to be respectful of participants’ time, clear about data use and focused on meaningful, high-quality research experiences.

For clients and research partners, DB Intelligence will provide access to a uniquely informed audience rooted in the real-world experience of the built environment. For participants, it offers a direct route to make their voice count on the issues that affect practice, procurement, innovation and performance across the sector.

If you are a registered Designing Buildings user and would like to be considered for the DB Intelligence advisory panel, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Register your interest today and get paid to share your expertise.