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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.
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Government must support behaviour change to meet targets.
Reflecting on 2022 into 2023 with the APM WiPM SIG
Women in Project Management conference 2022.
Types, colours and processing of hydrogen on DB
Grey, green, purple, blue, yellow, turquoise, brown and black.
The Kyoto Protocol a brief reminder on DB
Adopted in 1997, ratified in 2005..
Europe moves to phase out electrical SF6 gas
Sulphur hexafluoride the world’s most potent GHG.
Biomass boiler market on the rise in Europe
Proving to be a driver for decarbonisation targets.
Around the web
The Architectural Review, December 16
Year in review: 2022’s most read stories.
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The world is in a 'polycrisis' ... looking beyond GDP.
What you cared about most: most-read GCR stories of 2022.
(Planning a) Merry Christmas !
Seven BIM movies for Christmas: part 1.
Construction Enquirer, December 20
Top Ten best read stories of 2022.
Architectural History of the Christmas Tree.
Top five construction robots in 2022: doing our dirty work
Construction Management, December 20
CM’s top ten stories of 2022.
BSRIA returns to the 2023 AHR Expo.
Construction Enquirer, December 18
Plasterboard prices set for major New Year hike.
Scottish Government to adopt Labour MSP's Passivhaus Bill.
Friends of the Earth, December 8
Spreadsheet listing coldest English and Welsh neighbourhoods.
COP15: Nations reach 'historic' deal to protect nature.
Recognition for industry colleagues.
Construction Management, December 19
Hydrogen ‘not practically or economically viable’ for heating homes.
AJ welcomes call to ‘Cut VAT…. to historic buildings’
A question of trust, reflects on a challenging year.
OpenSpace site capture tech deployed at Peruvian schools.