Most popular articles in each subject area
To celebrate reaching 5,000 articles, we present the most popular articles in each of our 32 subject areas.
[edit] Project Activities
| SUBJECT AREA | MOST POPULAR ARTICLE |
| Appointments | Design and build |
| BIM | Level of detail |
| Client procedures | Project brief |
| Contracts / payment | Variations |
| Construction management | Tender documentation |
| Construction techniques | Value engineering |
| Cost / business planning | Bill of quantities |
| Design | Types of drawings |
| Procurement | Preliminaries |
| Products / components | Pile foundations |
| Property development | Building design and construction fees |
| Public procedures | Procurement routes |
| Roles / services | Architect's fees |
[edit] Legislation
| SUBJECT AREA | MOST POPULAR ARTICLE |
| Case law | Contract vs tort |
| Health and safety / CDM | CDM 2015 |
| Other legislation | Method statements |
| Planning permission | Section 278 agreements |
| Policy | Building information modelling |
| Property law | Building regulations |
| Regulations | U-values |
| Standards / measurements | Types of drawings |
| Sustainability | Sustainability in building design and construction |
| Taxation | Construction VAT |
[edit] Industry context
| SUBJECT AREA | MOST POPULAR ARTICLE |
| Conservation | Defects in brickwork |
| Education | Construction methods |
| History | The UK construction industry |
| International | Why so many women leave engineering |
| Organisations | Construction industry acronyms |
| Projects and case studies | The Big Bend, New York |
| Publications / reports | Latham Report |
| Research / innovation | 3d printing |
| Theory | Risk in building design and construction |
Featured articles and news
Read about RSHP's British Museum extension which has been shortlisted for the 2017 Stirling Prize.
Read our introductory article to building a house extension.
More updates from DCMS about the large-scale testing of cladding systems and the number of buildings affected.
UandI secure resolution to grant planning consent for major new regeneration project.
Infrastructure and the historic environment
IHBC article considers how heritage is dealt with when infrastructure schemes are authorised.
It was the tallest structure in the world for 3,800 years, but to this day the exact construction techniques are a mystery.
Shortlist for the industry's most coveted award announced.
Government responds to Mark Farmer's review of industry, rejecting the call for a levy on clients.
Peter Hansford to examine what wider lessons can be learned from the fire.
Every project is subject to uncertainty. How can construction better understand uncertainty for performance improvement?
MAD Architects reveal their designs for a futuristic campus for electric car manufacturer.
Homebuyers could borrow more with better forecasting of energy bills, according to industry consortium's new report.
Read our introductory article on carbon capture and storage.
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