'Best' Practice versus 'Good' Practice
Since the DBP Website was established in 2004 some of the submissions published as 'Best' practice have since become 'Good' practice.
In this instance 'Good' practice is defined as offering a standard common sense solution, or a CDM compliant approach to everyday issues encountered in the construction industry.
The 'Best' practice categorisation is now redefined as a solution employing innovative thinking or a ground breaking approach worthy of special note.
Therefore to reflect this change items considered as 'Best' practice will in future be identified with a 
adjacent to the subject to differentiate them from submissions that are considered to be 'Good' practice.
Consequently any new submission featured on the website could reflect either 'Good practice' or 'Best practice', as denoted by the notation.
| Filename | Case Study Title |
|---|
| DBP00314 | Robot Drilling |
| DBP00313 | Self Test Fire Alarm |
| DBP00312 | Lightweight Shoring Equipment |
| DBP00311 | Continuous Flight Auger Piling |
| DBP00310 | Temporary Road Crossing |
| DBP00309 | Low Carbon Concrete |
| DBP00308 | Work At Height Access Equipment |
| DBP00307 | Safe Transportation of Bracing Members |
| DBP00306 | Heavy Duty Trolley |
| DBP00305 | Smartphone Commissioning - FCU & VAV Controllers |
| DBP00304 | Spill Response |
| DBP00303 | Survey Aids |
| DBP00302 | Ice Warning Signs |
| DBP00301 | Telescopic Mobile Tower |
| DBP00300 | Best Practice for Rubber Bellows Maintenance |
| DBP00299 | The Lighthouse Club |
| DBP00298 | Data Cabinet Layout |
| DBP00297 | Digital Version of a Sketch |
| DBP00296 | 3OTech Fire Detectors |
| DBP00295 | Demolition to Reduce Work From Height |
| DBP00294 | Matterport 3D Scanning |
| DBP00293 | Dry Mixing On Site Dust Collection Systems |
| DBP00292 | 3D Modelling to Pre Determine Service Penetrations |
| DBP00291 | Fume Extraction for Mild Steel Welding |
| DBP00290 | High Spec Dumper Trucks |
| DBP00289 | M&E Penetrations Firestopping Schedule Using BIM |
| DBP00288 | Zero Carbon Satellite Welfare Cabins |
| DBP00287 | Roof Access for Plant Installation |
| DBP00286 | Peco Lift Side Guards |
| DBP00285 | Plaster Board Trolley |
| DBP00284 | Protection of Emergency Detection Systems During Construction |
| DBP00283 | Biophillia - The Wellbeing Benefits of Biophillic Design |
| DBP00282 | Temporary Floor Protection & Walkways |
| DBP00281 | Wireless Call Points for Construction Sites |
| DBP00280 | Effective Design using Digital Twin Model Extracts - BIM |
| DBP00279 | Gulley Hook Lifter |
| DBP00278 | Importance of Undertaking the Appropriate Asbestos Survey |
| DBP00277 | Temporary Weather Protection - Contarps |
| DBP00276 | Reducing Diesel Emissions |
| DBP00275 | The Balometer Stand - Reducing Working at Height |
| DBP00274 | Safe Access to Wagons |
| DBP00273 | Tools Falling From Height |
| DBP00272 | FRP Strengthening of Masonry Sheer Walls |
| DBP00271 | Volume Control Damper Motorisation |
| DBP00270 | MEWP Safety Features |
| DBP00269 | Noise Awareness in Construction |
| DBP00268 | Radio Frequency Controlled Luminaires |
| DBP00267 | Preformed Service Penetrations in Composite Walls |
| DBP00266 |
Preventing Unauthorised Access to Tower Cranes |
| DBP00265 |
Handling & Storage of Vinyl Rolls |
| DBP00264 |
Additions to Steelwork for a Safer Project |
| DBP00263 | Heat Dissipating Gel |
| DBP00262 | Magnetic Plaster |
| DBP00261 |
Sheet Materials Movement |
| DBP00260 | Importance of Surveying Buried Services |
| DBP00259 |
Cutting Stations |
| DBP00258 |
Biodegradeable Hydraulic Oil |
| DBP00257 | Special Survey Tool |
| DBP00256 |
Penthouse Modules |
| DBP00255 |
Hard Standing for Construction Phase |
| DBP00254 |
Pre-cast Concrete Lift Shaft Walls |
| DBP00253 | Ductwork Cleaning - An Automated Solution |
| DBP00252 | Temporary Cable Management |
| DBP00251 | External Refurb of Unusual Structures |
| DBP00250 |
Pre Assembled Units/Sub Modules |
| DBP00249 | Innovative Steelwork Erection Aid |
| DBP00248 | Specialised Lifting Lug |
| DBP00247 | Innovative Design of Cladding System |
| DBP00246 | Safe Access to Unusual Structures |
| DBP00245 | Revolutionary Aluminium Pipeline Connection System |
| DBP00244 |
Reducing Hand Arm Vibration Exposure in Steelwork Fabrication |
| DBP00243 |
Walk On Maintenance Floor - Flexibility in Design |
| DBP00242 |
Emergency Call |
| DBP00241 | External Envelope Protection |
| DBP00240 | Prefabrication & Offsite Manufacture - Case Study |
| DBP00239 |
Simple Clean Room Edge Protection |
| DBP00238 | Design Scaffold Protetcion over a Live Building |
| DBP00237 | Workable Space - Importance of Visual Representation |
| DBP00236 |
Plasterboard Handling - Contract Design Stage |
| DBP00235 |
Universal Safety Signage |
| DBP00234 | Design Solution for Unloading & Loading Skips |
| DBP00233 | Modular Staircases |
| DBP00232 |
Heavy Masonry Units - Contract Design Stage | DBP00231 | CoolZone Ceiling Tiles | DBP00230 | Flexible Porous Paving | DBP00229 | Timber Skid Racks |
| DBP00228 | Natural Light Tubes |
| DBP00227 | Steel Equipment Foundations |
| DBP00226 | Modular Design & Offsite Manufacture |
| DBP00225 | Roof Access - Fall Prevention |
| DBP00224 | Benefits of Modular Construction |
| DBP00223 | LED Street Lights |
| DBP00222 | Painting - Column Support Posts |
| DBP00221 |
Fragile Domed Rooflight Refurbishment |
| DBP00220 | Unusual Construction Sequences |
| DBP00219 | Manual Envelope Maintenance Systems |
| DBP00218 | Heavy Glass Buildability - Sketch Sequencing Drawings Guidance |
| DBP00217 | Bio-Diverse Roofs - Maintenance Access Strategy |
| DBP00216 |
Effective Delivery of Safety Information |
| DBP00215 | Roof Lights & Fragile Roofing Materials - Detailed Design Guide |
| DBP00214 | Mechanical Envelope Maintenance Systems |
| DBP00213 |
Building the London Eye |
| DBP00212 | Demolition of Unusual Structures |
| DBP00211 | Backfilling Solution Behind Basement or Retaining Walls |
| DBP00210 | Riser Safe Protection |
| DBP00209 |
Hinged Site Lighting Brackets |
| DBP00208 |
Unusual Steelwork Erection |
| DBP00207 | Reducing Construction Site Fire Risks |
| DBP00206 | Glass Roof Cleaning & Maintenance Strategy |
| DBP00205 | Fragile Roof Lights |
| DBP00204 | LED Replacement Tubes |
| DBP00203 | Handling Heavy Glass Screens |
| DBP00202 | Re-Bar Design to Reduce Hazards |
| DBP00201 |
LED Emergency Lighting |
| DBP00200 |
Wireless kinetic Switches |
| DBP00199 |
Retrofit PIR |
| DBP00198 |
Bus Bar Trunking |
| DBP00197 | Practical Column Bases |
| DBP00196 |
Tethered Tools |
| DBP00195 |
Access Through Suspended Ceilings |
| DBP00194 | Concrete Construction Design - Reducing Health Risks |
| DBP00193 | Beam Detection Installation Best Practice |
| DBP00192 | Large Span Composite Roofing panels |
| DBP00191 | Refrigerent Recovery and Evacuation Point |
| DBP00190 | Accessible Gasses Outlet Enclosures (For Cleanroom Applications) |
| DBP00189 | Flexible Pipework for Low Pressure Gas Installations |
| DBP00188 |
Pre Cast unit - Turning Plate |
| DBP00187 | Dynamic Lighting |
| DBP00186 | Dust Avoidance |
| DBP00185 |
Managing Internal Riser Ducts |
| DBP00184 | Design for Lighting Maintenance Access |
| DBP00183 |
LED Lighting |
| DBP00182 |
Sequencing and Design Considerations for Demolition |
| DBP00181 | Improving Maintainability of Power Distribution Units |
| DBP00180 | Extract Duct Maintenance � Design to Improve Access |
| DBP00179 | Critical Risks - A Proposed potential Demolition Sequence |
| DBP00178 |
Facade Installation - Specialist Access Equipment Design |
| DBP00177 |
Design Tips for Improved Piling Safety |
| DBP00176 | Pre-installed Supports for M&E Services |
| DBP00175 | Mock Ups to Verify a Complex Structure |
| DBP00174 |
Temp Construction Access Openings |
| DBP00173 | Modular Piperacks 2 |
| DBP00172 | Proprietary Reinforcement Continuity System |
| DBP00171 | Co2 Air Quality Sensors |
| DBP00170 | Platform Access System |
| DBP00169 |
Thermal Imaging Surveys |
| DBP00168 | Laboratory Ceiling Pods |
| DBP00167 |
Easily Configurable Cable Transits |
| DBP00166 |
Parapet Handrail |
| DBP00165 |
Stainless Chilled Water Headers |
| DBP00164 | Overheating of Chilled Water Pipework |
| DBP00163 | Betaguard Scaffold |
| DBP00162 |
Temporary Penetration Covers |
| DBP00161 |
Fermacell Board vs Traditional Methods |
| DBP00160 | Reducing Heat Build up in Ceiling Voids |
| DBP00159 |
Identifying Significant Risks with Symbols |
| DBP00158 | The Quickest Way to the Top |
| DBP00157 | Reduce Co2 with Higher Grade Steel |
| DBP00156 |
Staircase Framing to Aid erection |
| DBP00155 | LMAC Avoidance |
| DBP00154 | Powering Down Desktop Sockets |
| DBP00153 | Installation & Testing of Fire Alarm |
| DBP00152 | Flush Clean Room Trunking |
| DBP00151 | Bump Caps |
| DBP00150 | Safe Change of Hepa Filter Housing |
| DBP00149 |
On Site Waste Segregation |
| DBP00148 | Use of Galvanized Ductwork |
| DBP00147 | Remote Separator Alarms |
| DBP00146 | Boss X3 Micro Powered Platform |
| DBP00145 |
Enviromental wash system |
| DBP00144 |
Installing insulation on high temp pipes |
| DBP00143 |
Clearance around CHW brackets |
| DBP00142 | Genie MEWPS |
| DBP00141 |
Grey Water Recycling |
| DBP00140 |
Column Bases with Bracing |
| DBP00139 |
Glass Panel Failure |
| DBP00138 | PreFab Meeting Room Modules |
| DBP00137 | Interact Fire Bolt Caps |
| DBP00136 | Closing Out Ceilings - Timely Installation |
| DBP00135 | Mapress Pipework in Practice (Feedback on DBP00090) |
| DBP00134 | Tension Control Bolts |
| DBP00133 |
Prefab Boiler Modules |
| DBP00132 |
Grease Separator |
| DBP00131 | Modular Lifting |
| DBP00130 |
Thermal Breaks in Practice (Feedback on DBP00071) |
| DBP00129 | Modular Construction |
| DBP00128 |
Handrails Designed Into Staircases |
| DBP00127 |
Slip Grip Stair Treads |
| DBP00126 |
Desk Mounted Modules |
| DBP00125 |
Pre-Fabricated Modules |
| DBP00124 | Support of Heavy Plant |
| DBP00123 | 3D Assett Visualisation |
| DBP00122 | Locking off an Isolator Switch |
| DBP00121 | Kingspan Koolduct Ducting System |
| DBP00120 | Reduced Pressure Zone Valve |
| DBP00119 | Commpac Manifold Box |
| DBP00118 | Dominator Flow ManagementSystem |
| DBP00117 | Commisioning Modules Fan Coil and Chilled Beams |
| DBP00116 | Thermostatic Circulation Valve Replacement |
| DBP00115 |
Natural Ventilation |
| DBP00114 | Distributed Input and Output in HVAC |
| DBP00113 | Plant Room Lighting - Energy Control |
| DBP00112 |
Trailer Access Platforms |
| DBP00111 | Stress Corrosion Cracking |
| DBP00110 | Lindab Presealed Ductwork |
| DBP00109 | Landing Steel Columns |
| DBP00108 |
Side Rail Edge Protection |
| DBP00107 |
Heavy Duty Pallets |
| DBP00106 | Lighting Energy Conservation |
| DBP00105 | Withdrawable Motor Control Centres |
| DBP00104 | Flexible Floor Boxes |
| DBP00103 | Gate Valves vs Butterfly Valves |
| DBP00102 |
Pre Fabricated Pump Sets |
| DBP00101 | Fire Protection In Critical Areas |
| DBP00100 | Mini Personnel Access Lift |
| DBP00099 | Use of Sacrificial Pipework to Maintain Construction Programmes |
| DBP00098 | Site Temporary Electrical Services Energy/Maintenance Savings |
| DBP00097 | Service Hangers - Cap Ends for Screwed Rod & Channel |
| DBP00096 | Simplified Sleeve in lieu of Complex Wall Box |
| DBP00095 | Cast-In Sockets For Temporary Balustrading |
| DBP00094 | Water Tanks (storage cisterns) & Legionella Risk Assessments |
| DBP00093 | Hot Water Cylinders for Legionella Risk Assessments |
| DBP00092 | Thorsman Poles |
| DBP00091 |
Prefabricated Condensor Kits |
| DBP00090 | Mapress Pipework |
| DBP00089 | Self Erecting Crane |
| DBP00088 |
Urinal Flushing & Water Saving |
| DBP00087 | Underground Cable/Pipe Detection |
| DBP00086 | Gripple Wire |
| DBP00085 | Suspended Ceiling Damage Prevention |
| DBP00084 | Dry Lining of Brick and Block Walls |
| DBP00083 |
Co-ordination of Services in Ceiling Voids |
| DBP00082 | Collapsed Drain/Ground Stabilisation |
| DBP00081 | 690Vac LV Motor Control Centres |
| DBP00080 |
Coloured Bolt Bags |
| DBP00079 | Steel Plate Plug Detail |
| DBP00078 |
Insulation Muffs |
| DBP00077 | Fire Stopping - Pacifyre Pipework |
| DBP00076 | Perimeter Trunking to Lab Bench |
| DBP00075 | Flat Roof Specification |
| DBP00074 | Open Space Emergency Lighting |
| DBP00073 | Atrium Lighting |
| DBP00072 | Molabolt Peg Anchors |
| DBP00071 | Joint Thermal Insulator |
| DBP00070 | Quicker Steel Drilling |
| DBP00069 | Twin Valley Gutters |
| DBP00068 | Steam Condensate Trap Set |
| DBP00067 | Pressure Reducing Valves |
| DBP00066 |
Plate Heat Exchangers |
| DBP00065 |
Fast, Secure and Quiet Installation of Cable Containment |
| DBP00064 | Building Layout |
| DBP00063 |
Curtain Walling |
| DBP00062 |
Protection Rails for Safety Barriers |
| DBP00061 |
Roof Access |
| DBP00060 |
Glazed Ballastrades |
| DBP00059 | Cost effective 3D modelling |
| DBP00058 | Steel Beam & Precast Units Permanent Formwork |
| DBP00057 | Bolted Connection of Steelwork to Concrete Soffit/Walls |
| DBP00056 | Infilling of concrete walls below completed slabs |
| DBP00055 | Illumination of Steam Raising Boiler House Using Secondary Reflective Lighting |
| DBP00054 | Control of External Area Flood Lighting to Residencies |
| DBP00053 | Stub Column Pinned Connection |
| DBP00052 | Car Park Floodlighting Local to Overhead Electrical Power Lines |
| DBP00051 | Auto-Dialer Fault Signalling System |
| DBP00050 |
Modular Lighting System |
| DBP00049 |
Equipment Handling Solutions - Laboratories |
| DBP00048 | Ergonomic Adjustable Fume Cupboard Support |
| DBP00047 | Peers Marking System |
| DBP00046 |
Modular Service Riser |
| DBP00045 | Marketing Location Aids Erection |
| DBP00044 |
Large Modular Plant Room |
| DBP00043 |
Podger Holes to Aid Erection |
| DBP00042 | Structural Abuse |
| DBP00041 | Peers Preferred Sections And General Section Information |
| DBP00040 | Staircase Base Fixings |
| DBP00039 | Fully Threaded Bolts |
| DBP00038 | Standard & Symmetrical Plates |
| DBP00037 |
Modular Plantrooms |
| DBP00036 |
Flexible Fire Suppression Spinkler |
| DBP00035 | Fire Stopping Ductwork |
| DBP00034 |
Co-ordination Datum Lines |
| DBP00033 | Service Loading Allowances |
| DBP00032 |
Erector Friendly Safe Joints |
| DBP00031 | Designated Service Routes |
| DBP00030 | Simple Steelwork Competancy Test |
| DBP00029 | Cover Plate Bracing Connections |
| DBP00028 |
Lifting Frame for Modular Piperacks |
| DBP00027 | 76m Span Modular Pipe Bridge |
| DBP00026 |
Simple Pin Detail |
| DBP00025 | Edge Protection Supports |
| DBP00024 | Prefabricated Valve Sets |
| DBP00023 |
Integrated Service Riser |
| DBP00022 | Podium / Aircraft Type Access Working Platforms |
| DBP00021 | Recessed Holding Down Bolts "UPDATED" |
| DBP00020 | Pneumatic Tubing Initiative |
| DBP00019 | Parapet Wall detailing |
| DBP00018 | �Intelligent� Motor Control Centres |
| DBP00017 | Electrical and Control Panel Lifting |
| DBP00016 | DCS Expansion |
| DBP00015 |
Temporary Laydown Platforms for Materials storage |
| DBP00014 |
Temporary Cantilevered Landing Platforms |
| DBP00013 | Clean Technique for Slab Break Out and Removal of Upper Floor Slabs |
| DBP00012 | Controlled Method of Equipment Manoeuvring / Erection |
| DBP00011 | Unistrut Support Services Grid |
| DBP00010 RevB |
Plant & Services Support System |
| DBP00009 |
Modular Construction of Stone Panels |
| DBP00008 | Prefabrication of Steelwork |
| DBP00007 | Integrated Service Column / Panel Design |
| DBP00006 | Atrium Lighting |
| DBP00005 | Temporary Support Steelwork for High Level Work Platform |
| DBP00004 |
Edge Protection (The 'Towel Rail' Initiative) |
| DBP00003 |
Modular Construction and Installation of Services Risers |
| DBP00002 | Trimming tops of Concrete Piles |
| DBP00001 | Demolition work within existing buildings |