Ask NBS

This area contains editorial queries which have been sent to NBS Technical Authors.

Technical specification

• Where do I specify fire protection boards for cladding to steel beams and columns?
• Which section of NBS should PVC fascias and soffits go in?
• Where can I specify scaffolding?
• Where do I specify secondary glazing?
• What facilities are there for performance specifying in NBS specification products?
• Where do I specify lift systems?
• Where do I specify air permeability testing?
• Where do I specify a timber deck?
• What effect does CDM have on the NBS specification products?
• Where can I find a reference to EcoHomes, BREEAM, etc in NBS products?
• Where do I specify Site Waste Management Plans?
• I am having trouble understanding and completing sections H11 and H92
• How are the NBS products structured?
• Can NBS be used overseas?
• Where do I specify hand rails?
• Where do I specify the removal of asbestos?
• I have received an NBS-based specification but the clauses and references do not match up with the clauses and references in my software
• Where do I specify under-slab insulation?
• Where do I specify insulation below a floating screed?
• Where do I specify steps?
• Does NBS have a green products directory and has it produced one in the past?
• Where do I specify a GRG ceiling?
• Where do I specify a timber retaining wall?
• Where do I specify O&M (operation and maintenance) manuals?
• Where do I specify structural insulated panels?
• Do D30 and D40 reflect the changes in the ICE Specification for Piling and Embedded Retaining Walls?
• Where do I specify insulation to a concrete soffit?
• What is the proposal for the reorganization of CAWS?
• Where do I specify tree protection?
• Where can I specify road markings?
• Where do I specify erosion control and grass reinforcement?

Preliminaries

• Does a subscription to NBS include the Contract itself in the Preliminaries?
• Where can I find preliminaries for the JCT Management Contract/JCT Construction Management Contract?
• Where can I find preliminaries for the latest JCLI contracts?
• Where can I find preliminaries for the JCT Measured Term Contract 2005?
• Where can I find preliminaries for the SBCC (Scottish) contracts?
• Where can I find preliminaries for the JCT 1998 suite of contracts?
• Where can I find preliminaries for demolition?
• Where can I find preliminaries for the JCT Prime Cost contract?
• Where can I find the preliminaries for JCT SBC 2005 with the contractor design portion supplement?
• Where can I find preliminaries for the JCT Constructing Excellence contract?
• Where can I find preliminaries for Works Packages?
• Where can I find preliminaries for the GC/Works contracts?

NBS Contract Administrator

• Where can I find the forms for the NEC contracts?
• Where can I find forms for the JCT 2005 Design and Build contracts?
• Where can I find forms for the JCT Prime Cost contract?
• Where can I find the forms for the 'JCT 2005' contracts?
• Why has the VAT panel been removed from the job details?
  

NBS Building Regulations

• Inclusion of robust details in NBS Building Regulations