Most read in 2020
The top 10 most read articles on Designing Buildings Wiki in 2020 were:
| Article | Number of views | |
| 1 | Types of drawings | 117,142 |
| 2 | Bill of quantities | 107,227 |
| 3 | Tender documentation | 103,031 |
| 4 | Megacities | 91,495 |
| 5 | Preliminaries | 84,097 |
| 6 | Brutalism | 82,614 |
| 7 | Types of flooring | 82,473 |
| 8 | Types of brick bonding | 72,933 |
| 9 | Variations | 71,989 |
| 10 | Procurement routes | 70,337 |
And in a difficult year, the most read news stories were:
- Coronavirus and force majeure.
- Government publishes UK infrastructure strategy.
- Carbon emissions of electric heating v gas.
- EWS1 forms not required for buildings without cladding.
- Common principles of International Fire Safety Standard introduced.
- Building back better with BREEAM.
- Reform of building safety standards.
- The Construction Playbook.
- Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper.
- Ventilation and control of COVID-19 transmission.
Here's hoping for a better 2021.
Featured articles
Check out some of the best features and news from Designing Buildings as well as key stories from around the web.
ECA welcomes plans to strengthen subcontractor quality control.
Combining mid-career qualifications with experience broadens career opportunities.
Why being a mentor can help your career.
Channel 4 broadcaster to host 125th anniversary ceremony.
Listed structures on the rail network
Heritage interests and operational requirements must be balanced.
Historic England publishes research into embodied carbon when retrofitting traditional buildings.
New Prime Minister delivers on ECA call for cut in electricity costs.
CIOB reacts to the announcement of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister.
Heritage and conservation science workforce survey - Have your say.
England's Suburbs 1820-2020. Book review.
New, more proportionate and targeted approach for higher-risk building assessments.
Government brings British Steel into public ownership.