Mistakes
A mistake is an action or judgment that results in an unwanted or unintentional result.
Articles about mistakes on Designing Buildings include:
- A guide to improving value by reducing design error
- Common mistakes in bill of quantities
- Common mistakes in construction tenders
- Common mistakes on building drawings
- Common Mistakes to Avoid During Lumber Takeoff and How to Fix Them
- Common spelling mistakes in the construction industry
- Mistakes we will admit to
- Mistakes while doing Industrial Flooring.
- What Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing a Floor Plan?
Featured articles
Check out some of the best features and news from Designing Buildings as well as key stories from around the web.
New and updated CLC building safety guidance.
New UK National Buildings Database.
Building Safety Wiki Interviews
Chief executive of the British Woodworking Federation.
Planning condition discharge in England and Wales
A brief explanation from a building compliance expert, with further links.
Overheating guidance and tools for building designers
Guidance for dealing with element of building fabric control that have increasing importance.
Shading for housing, a design guide
From the Good Homes Alliance and British Blind and Shutter Association.
UK Standard Skills Classification (SSC)
A shared framework for describing skills needs.
Social media ban consultation comes to close
CIOB urges UK Government to consider social media’s role in careers guidance in ban debate.
The latest of eight Skills England apprenticeship units
The addition of battery manufacturing welcomed by ECA with a warning about the risks of fast-tracked apprenticeship units.
Building Control Independent Panel final report
A precis of a key report led by Dame Hackitt with full recommendations and link to the government response.
Building Safety recap April, 2026
A short and longer run-through of the month, with links to further information and sources.
















