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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.
It is the most popular construction industry website in the UK.
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Features and news
Mass timber: challenges and potential solutions.
Timber Accelerator Hub phase 1 report
CIOB Safer Buildings UK conference. May 26.
Find out more and book your place today.
Delisting a world heritage site
What was Unesco up to in Liverpool?
Repairing a symbol of the industrial revolution.
Cooling in the context of extreme summer temperatures.
BSRIA on air conditioning inflation and supply chain crisis.
ICE react to gender stereotyping.
From the chair of UK gov's commission on social mobility.
Specifying Concrete with The Concrete Centre.
5 types of concrete specification.
ECA calls for stronger competency requirements.
In relation to the in Building Safety Act 2022.
JCB drivers vote for strike action.
96 per cent in favour of industrial action.
CIAT briefing on construction products association state of trade survey.
Buoyant but with strong headwinds coming.
CIOB responds to new Anti-Slavery report.
Construction workers are still at risk of exploitation.
HSE Safety Alert for MCWP's. May 4.
What are mast climbing work platforms and what are the issues?
Local Elections 2022 and better EV charging.
ECA calls for better local EV charge point policy.
Launch of the key BSRIA / BESA refrigerants guide
In building services TG 21/20.
Construction week starts. 3-5 May.
10 reasons to attend.
Apprenticeships and end-point assessments.
The how, what and why of apprenticeship schemes.
12669569 New Accessory Belt Idler Pulleys for Chevy Suburban SaV
And future climate modeling for design, in brief.
A quarry and transport history. Book review.
Its intimate relationship with the River Severn.
The updated PPE Regulations 2022.
What you need to know.
Around the web
Recovery slows as storm clouds gather...
NREL- Transforming Energy, April 28.
Lost value of landfilled plastic In U.S.A.
The Journal of the AIA, April 27.
Rethinking Architectural History.
Retrofitting for Resilience.
The poor bear the brunt of heatwave.
Separating Green From Greenwash: Part 1.
Barratt brings forward pay rises to ease cost of living.
Celebrating outstanding British and international creativity.
Building magazine webinar, May 5 at 2pm BST.
Embedding the Golden Thread into construction.
ASBP Timber Accelerator Hub webinar, May 5 at 1pm BST.
The TAH phase 1 final report to be published.
Organisations pledge support for #endgasnow.
Grey 26x26 inch Pillow Cover Silk, Ribbon Embroidery - Vintage A
100 EU climate-neutral, smart cities by 2030.
Construction Management, April 29.
Modern slavery in construction.
Innovative Steel Re-Use Project
Happy Eid from DB.
Medium, Disruptive Design, April 28.
Is it time to ditch sustainability?
Severe heat waves and record energy use.
Construction Management, April 26.
How better data can benefit residents.
We need to talk about cutting consumption.
Enzyme breaks down plastics in 24 hours.
Practice Action Masterclasses, online.
Architects Declare and ACAN partner with RIBA.
CIB Vistas online Open Forum, May 3 and 4.
Followed by vista ideas submissions by May 6.
TONGA 1944 Jubilee set used om cover Nuku'alofa to New Zealand..
4% energy increase for perovskite tandem cells
New register of construction product specialists.
The upcoming UK boiler upgrade scheme.
Two Piece Folk Musical Instrument Bango Natural Wood Bongo Drum
Diversity, equity and inclusion in construction.