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Welcome to the December edition of theNBS.com eNewsletter
In this issue we give you the NBS Christmas opening hours to note in your diary, tell you how to take advantage of lower 2007 rates on NBS products and how to save up to 30% on NBS Building Regulations. We also feature two short extracts from, Which Contract? and Green Guide to the Architect’s Job Book, two of RIBA Publishing's most popular titles.
NBS Christmas Holiday 2007
The NBS Customer Centre is closed from 5:00pm on Friday 21 December until 9:00am on Wednesday 2 January 2008. During this period we are unable to unlock software licences or provide telephone support.
For support queries during this period, please refer to the Help files
in your NBS product or consult the software support pages on the NBS website.
To view the online support you need to create or login to your NBS website account by visiting www.theNBS.com/account and then
enter your subscription ID(s) for your NBS products. Your subscription ID(s) have been sent to the delivery contact for your NBS subscription, however we can email it to you if you contact us at info@theNBS.com during NBS Customer Centre opening hours on or before 21 December. Please note that NBS website accounts supersede the subscribers’ area of the NBS website.
Remember - order now and pay less for NBS products
Remember - from 1st January 2008 a standard annual price
increase will be applied to all NBS products and services. This
price increase will be in excess of 4%, therefore if you are
considering subscribing to any NBS product and wish to benefit
from 2007 rates, please ensure that NBS receive your order by
10am on Friday 21 December 2007 at the latest.
The NBS order form can be returned by fax with a credit card
payment. If you are sending a cheque by post, please leave enough
time for it to reach us given Christmas posting dates.
If you still require information and updated product or 2007 price information or need further assistance with completion of your order form, please contact NBS Sales on 0845 456 9594.
The NBS order form can also be downloaded for your convenience.
Save up to 30% when ordering NBS Building Regulations online
NBS Building Regulations is an easy-to-use online application that contains enhanced electronic versions of the complete set of the Approved Documents for England and Wales, and Scotland Technical Handbooks. We provide you with current and superseded documents with most available to view online in HTML format or download.
Subscribe to NBS Building Regulations using our secure online order form before 31 December 2007 and take advantage of our latest offer.
New standards for asphalt paving
On 1 January 2008 the existing British Standards for asphalt paving (BS 4987-1 and BS 594-1) will be withdrawn and replaced by a new European Standard, BS EN 13108, in several parts.
The transition to the new standard will be eased by the publication by BSI of PD 6691:2007 ‘Guidance on the use of BS EN 13108 bituminous mixtures – Material specifications’. This document provides guidance on specification to the new standard based on the requirements of the old standards.
Advising clients on the appropriate form of building contracts
It is frequently the case that it may be the Architect's duty to provide advice on which contract to use. This exclusive extract from Which Contract? provides some watch points.
Before you start building "green"
The period of discussion that occurs before any formal agreements are signed, and so before the start of the Outline Plan of Work, is
the opportunity to ensure that everyone who is going to be involved understands the nature of a sustainable approach, together with
the benefits, responsibilities and issues. In this extract from Green Guide to the Architect’s Job Book, Sandy Haliday outlines some principles and good practice procedures.
New books from RIBA Publishing
Keep up to date with the latest design and construction reading with these new releases from RIBA Publishing. All books featured are available to order from RIBA Bookshops.
Fabric Formwork – This book contains six essays that describe the collaboration between the Universities of Edinburgh and East London, together with the Centre for Architectural and Structural Technology (CAST) at the University of Manitoba, in their detailed and practical research into concrete casting and formwork. Richly illustrated with photographs and diagrams and containing new and innovative research this book offers the architect, engineer and student inspiration and technical guidance in this re-emerging material.
Learning from Place – Learning from Place is The Academy of Urbanism’s first publication to create a body of evidence-based research of Cities, Towns, Neighbourhoods, Streets and Places and to promote the lessons that have to be learned about good urbanism and best practice. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in development, planning and all those that care about the places that we live in.
Guide to MW05 – Guide to MW05, the new edition of Sarah Lupton’s very successful Guide to MW98, acts as a working aid to the operation and administration of the JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2005 (MW05).
A Client's Guide to Health and Safety for a Construction Project under the Construction
(Design and Management) Regulations 2007 – This fully up-to-date and straightforward guide aims to assist construction clients in understanding the health and safety duties imposed upon them by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 and to help ensure that a project is safe to build, use and maintain.
Most popular NBS articles - December
Find out what NBS users are reading. Each month we round up the most popular technical articles on www.thenbs.com.
CDM Regulations 2007 – What changes have the contract publishers made?
The introduction of the CDM Regulations 2007 has meant that amendments are needed to almost all contracts. NBS Technical Author Roland Finch explains what the various publishers have been doing to address CDM.
Read more on CDM Regulations 2007 >>
Yes! We have no specifications
A recent court case revolving around the lack of a specification on a project has left a significant legal legacy. We look at what this legacy can tell us.
Read more >>
BREEAM and the Plan of Work
Sustainable development is becoming an everyday part of life for property developers, designers and contractors, as many people both inside and outside the construction industry are demanding that the environmental impacts of buildings are kept to a minimum. We explain the broad principals of BREEAM and how some of the various credits contained within BREEAM schemes relate to the RIBA Plan of Work.
Read more >>
The structure of a schedule of work
The types of building work for which schedules of work are used vary widely and may have wholly different formats of description. We clear up thinking on how schedules of work are organised.
Read more >>
Specifying colour
There is a veritable rainbow of standards for the generic specification of colour. John Gelder, Content development manager, looks for the pot of gold.
Read more on green roofs >>
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