Designers Knowledge Base

The following topics are available under Designers Knowledge Base:

• Who are Designers?
• Guidance for Designers
  • Hierarchy of Risk Control for Designers
  • Designers Responsibilities
  • The Risk Assessment Process for Designers
• CIRIA R166 Design Process
  • General Planning
    • Surrounding Environment
    • Clearing the Site
    • Investigation of the Site
    • Site Access
    • Layout of the Site
  • Excavations and Foundations
    • General Excavations
    • Basements and Shafts
    • Trenches for Services and Foundations
    • Retaining Walls
    • Ground Stabilisation
    • Piling
    • Underpinning
  • Primary Structure
    • Concrete
    • Pre-Cast Concrete
    • Pre-stressed and Post Tensioned Concrete
    • Masonry
    • Structural Steelwork
    • Timber
  • Building Elements and Services
    • Atria
    • Cladding
    • Roofs
    • Windows
    • Surface Treatment
    • Cleaning of Buildings
    • Mechanical Services
    • Electrical Services
    • Services other than Mechanical and Electrical
    • People Moving Equipment
  • Civil Engineering
    • General Civil Engineering
    • Work on Roads
    • Works on or Adjacent to Railways
    • Bridge Construction
    • Works on or Adjacent to Water
    • Cofferdams and Caissons
    • Pipelines and Cables