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Designing Buildings includes 6 microsites - mini wikis about specialist subjects. Created with our partners, they provide easy access to curated knowledge about particular aspects of the built environment:
Features and news
The benefits of precast, off-site foundation systems
Top ten benefits of this notable innovation.
Encouraging individuals to take action saving water at home, work, and in their communities.
Takes a community to support mental health and wellbeing
The why of becoming a Mental Health Instructor explained.
Mental health awareness week 13-18 May
The theme is communities, they can provide a sense of belonging, safety, support in hard times, and a sense purpose.
Mental health support on the rise but workers still struggling
CIOB Understanding Mental Health in the Built Environment 2025 shows.
Design and construction material libraries
Material, sample, product or detail libraries a key component of any architectural design practice.
Construction Products Reform Green Paper and Consultation
Still time to respond as consultation closes on 21 May 2025.
Resilient façade systems for smog reduction in Shanghai
A technical approach using computer simulation and analysis of solar radiation, wind patterns, and ventilation.
Digital technology, transformation and cybersecurity
Supporting SMEs through Digitalisation in Construction.
Villa Wolf in Gubin, history and reconstruction. Book review.
Construction contract awards down one billion pounds
Decline over the past two months compared to the same period last year, follows the positive start to the year.
Editor's broadbrush view on forms of electrical heating in context.
The pace of heating change; BSRIA market intelligence
Electric Dreams, Boiler Realities.
New President of ECA announced
Ruth Devine MBE becomes the 112th President of the Electrical Contractors Association.
New CIAT Professional Standards Competency Framework
Supercedes the 2019 Professional Standards Framework from 1 May 2025.
Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds
Free exhibition at the RIBA Architecture Gallery until 31 May.
PPN 021: Payment Spot Checks in Public Sub-Contracts
Published following consultation and influence from ECA.
Designing Buildings reaches 20,000 articles
We take a look back at some of the stranger contributions.
Lessons learned from other industries.
Around the web
Ensuring digital mental health technologies are safe, effective and designed for their users.
Construction Management, 13 May
How developers can use incentives to build water-efficient homes.
Free Webinar: Becoming a water-wise individual.
Fletcher Priest Architects, May
Material Reuse Catalogue.
Will the Irish Construction Industry embrace the LVDP?
Protocols for the Cladding Materials Library.
Construction Management, 12 May
How to manage skin cancer risks on construction sites.
London researchers help build Indian school with ‘Sugarcrete’.
Renewable energy company which failed to deliver customer orders is shut down.
Welcome to the ACAN Natural Materials Detail Library.
April 2025 – A roundup of HSE’s top stories.
Diversitas Launches New Website to Champion Black Professionals in Construction.
Construction Management, 8 May
Digital Construction Awards 2025: Digital Contractor of the Year shortlist.
Updated BS Code of practice for non-domestic fire detection and alarm systems out now.
IHBC President keynote focus at UKREiiF 2025.
Hackitt says we should have reached this point sooner.
Steelmaking needs a ‘dual decarbonisation’ approach.
How British culture was transformed by émigré architects, filmmakers and writers.
Hiring in the US construction industry at lowest level ever.
Construction Manager, 30 April
Podcast - Do we have the skills for a retrofit revolution?
Prices up, confidence down after 100 days of Trump.
Clean energy projects prioritised for grid connections.
CIOB announces new trustees for 2025.
Building Regulations Explained - Facades & Fenestration.
Grenfell fire fridge maker accused of safety test failings in council lawsuit.