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Designing Buildings is the construction wiki. The only industry-wide, cross-discipline forum for finding and sharing knowledge about the planning, design, construction and operation of built assets.
Designing Buildings is a free, open access site. Anyone can create articles about subjects they know and anyone can find articles about subjects they don’t.
It is supported by CIOB, BSRIA, IHBC, CIAT, ECA and APM.
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You can write about any subject related to the construction industry, including research, publications, organisations, theories, news, products and practices. All we ask is that articles are factual (not adverts) and are encyclopaedic in style (not blog posts).
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Just highlight what you want to find out about on any website and a box will pop up telling you all about it.
More than 20,000 industry terms have been explained. If an explanation of the term you are looking for does not exist you will be asked if you want to create it.
Features and news
Apprenticeship announcement by the Prime Minister
Welcomed but with call for more actionable detail.
Heat pump announcements, what homeowners need to know
An 'ultimate guide to heat pumps' from a heating company.
Construction contract awards reach £7.1bn in February
Their highest level in seven months.
The journey to sustainability in heritage
Research is the key to better understanding.
Heritage approaches to adaptation, mitigation and loss.
Bridging the gap between policy, finance and installation.
Development on brownfield land
Definition, background, policy and the latest consultation.
With the Design Framework for Building Services.
Retrofit of Buildings, a CIOB Technical Publication
Pertinent technical issues, measures and the roles involved.
ECA joins HSE campaign to support mental health
Working Minds’ five simple steps based on risk assessment.
Mental health in the construction industry
Mental health issues in brief with related articles.
Transitional arrangements, Building Control and the BSR.
For pre-October buildings with substantial progress by April.
Why quality counts in domestic ventilation systems
From products, to systems to the installation.
Empowering the Future with CIOB Academy
Lifelong learning, upscaling, and reskilling for the built environment.
Around the web
Deadline extended for BSR transitional arrangements.
AI: 68 ways to sustainable construction.
Future Homes and Buildings Standard consultation tookit.
Government warned to act fast on energy storage.
The landmarks under construction quiz.
Consultation: Strengthening planning policy for brownfield development.
Energy giant to convert coal plant into green energy hub.
CIAT Principal Designer Register update.
Tackling discrimination against women in construction.
IHBC’s 2023 Student Award winners.
Buildings and Cities, February 10
New Editorial Positions at Buildings and Cities journal.
Scottish Construction Now, March 12
Embodied carbon regulation ‘urgently required’, say industry.
Construction Management, March 12
Construction reluctant to hire people with criminal convictions.
Crack down on long term empty homes.
Construction Management, March 5
Women in construction: how are minoritised ethnicities represented?
Embrace our differences, then construction can progress.