Top 20 articles February 2021
Most viewers arrive on an article in Designing Building Wiki from a Google search. The popularity of an article can give a good indication of what the construction community wants to read about, and therefore some pointers for subjects authors might want to consider for their articles.
If you would like to know more about articles already on the site for your own subject area then please email Simon Baxter.
Below is a list of the top 20 articles for the 4 weeks to the 16th February 2021.
| Article | Views (4 weeks to 16th February 2021) |
| Types of drawings for building design | 10,795 |
| Tender documentation for construction projects | 10,004 |
| Megacity | 9,692 |
| Types of brick bonding | 9,084 |
| Types of flooring | 9,043 |
| Preliminaries in construction | 8,097 |
| Bill of quantities BOQ | 7,885 |
| Strip foundation | 7,594 |
| Types of room in buildings | 6,805 |
| Variations in construction contracts | 6,637 |
| Procurement route | 6,628 |
| U-values | 6,144 |
| design and build procurement route | 6,069 |
| Brutalism | 5,809 |
| Pile foundations | 5,757 |
| Tender processes for construction contracts | 5,641 |
| Road construction | 5,523 |
| Types of structural load | 5,459 |
| Assembly drawing | 5,357 |
| Types of structure | 5,065 |
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