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Designing Buildings is the construction wiki. An industry-wide, cross-discipline forum for finding and sharing knowledge about the planning, design, construction and operation of built assets.
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Designing Buildings includes 6 microsites - mini wikis about specialist subjects. Created with our partners, they provide easy access to curated knowledge about particular aspects of the built environment:
Features and news
A briefing on fall protection systems for designers
A legal requirement and an ethical must.
CIOB Ireland launches manifesto for 2024 General Election
A vision for a sustainable, high-quality built environment that benefits all members of society.
Local leaders gain new powers to support local high streets
High Street Rental Auctions to be introduced from December.
Infrastructure sector posts second gain for October
With a boost for housebuilder and commercial developer contract awards.
Sustainable construction design teams survey
Shaping the Future of Sustainable Design: Your Voice Matters.
COP29; impacts of construction and updates
Amid criticism, open letters and calls for reform.
The properties of conservation rooflights
Things to consider when choosing the right product.
Adapting to meet changing needs.
London Build: A festival of construction
Co-located with the London Build Fire & Security Expo.
Tasked with locating groups of 10,000 homes with opportunity.
Delivering radical reform in the UK energy market
What are the benefits, barriers and underlying principles.
Information Management Initiative IMI
Building sector-transforming capabilities in emerging technologies.
Recent study of UK households reveals chilling home truths
Poor insulation, EPC knowledge and lack of understanding as to what retrofit might offer.
Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment
Overview, regulations, detail calculations and much more.
Why the construction sector must embrace workplace mental health support
Let’s talk; more importantly now, than ever.
Ensuring the trustworthiness of AI systems
A key growth area, including impacts for construction.
Around the web
Volunteers work to transform 100-year-old hidden building into bothy.
Construction Management, 7 Nov
World’s first smart construction helmet launched.
Professor invents instant concrete strength-checker.
UK government announces support for a mandatory New Homes Ombudsman scheme.
RIBA President pays tribute to Joseph Rykwert (1926-2024).
Construction Management, 11 Nov
Effective storytelling is crucial for construction’s sustainability goals.
CIAT Annual Review 2023-24.
BAM finalises £71m deal to replace first major RAAC school.
2025 AHR Expo in Orlando.
CLC statement on Standard Appointment Terms.
Heritage Photography Competition: Celebration of 60 Years of ICOMOS.
Amendment to NBHS to become law in new year.
Open inquiry into the remediation of dangerous cladding
Grenfell reforms: The hard path to culture change.
World Ventil8 Day. Maximising Effective Ventilation – Clean Air Must Be a Right, Not a Chance Encounter.
CLC statement on standard appointment terms.
Germany to relax regulatory standards to boost housing output.
Information Management Initiative: information management for all.