Quick introduction to designing buildings wiki
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Introduction
Designing Buildings Wiki is the construction industry knowledge base, used by 3 million people a year to share articles about products, services, processes and best practice. Our users are construction professionals looking for knowledge to help them in their work.
Supported by leading industry organisations such as ICE, CIOB, BRE, CIAT and BSRIA, Designing Buildings Wiki has more than 5,000 cross-discipline articles and is used by more than 10,000 people a day, making it one of the most popular construction industry websites.
Find out more about who we are.
Writing articles
Writing articles is a great way to promote your business.
You can write about any subject related to the construction industry, including research, publications, organisations, theories, products, practices and so on. All we ask is that articles are factual (not adverts) and are encyclopaedic in style (not blog posts) - click here to find out more about our editorial policy.
Your profile will appear at the top of articles you write, so when people read your article, they will also find out about you. Learn more about profiles.
To create an article:
- Log in or register.
- Click the orange ‘Create an article’ button.
- Type your article from scratch, or paste it from another application.
- Click the ‘insert signature’ button to add your profile to the top of your article.
Get more help
- Editorial policy.
- How to add images to an article.
- How to add your profile.
- How to layout your article.
- Detailed help page.
- Video tutorial on YouTube.
Writing services
You may have the knowledge and the inclination to write articles, but not have the time. For a small fee, our editorial team can draft articles for you, based on information you supply, interviews with you and supporting research.
Contact us
- General enquiries: [email protected]
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Featured articles and news
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An introductory article to the different types of building foundations.
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