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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Thermal imaging surveys a brief intro
Thermal Imaging of Buildings; a pocket guide BG 72/2017.
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Tree species selection for green infrastructure: A guide for specifiers.
50 million new trees over 25 years.
Art of Building CIOB photographic competition public vote
The last week to vote for a winner until 10 January 2025.
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Principles, promises, recommendations and a decision expected in February 2025.
20 years of the Chartered Environmentalist
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Life and death at Highgate Cemetery
Balancing burials and tourism.
The 25 most read articles on DB for 2024
Design portion to procurement route and all between.
The act of preservation may sometimes be futile.
Twas the site before Christmas...
A rhyme for the industry and a thankyou to our supporters.
Plumbing and heating systems in schools
New apprentice pay rates coming into effect in the new year
Addressing the impact of recent national minimum wage changes.