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 |
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Commissioning Responsibilities Framework BG 88/2025
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Don’t take British stone for granted
It won’t survive on supplying the heritage sector alone.
The Constructing Excellence Value Toolkit
Driving value-based decision making in construction.
Meet CIOB event in Northern Ireland
Inspiring the next generation of construction talent.
Reasons for using MVHR systems
6 reasons for a whole-house approach to ventilation.