NBS Training content

All of our RIBA CPD Approved software training courses can be delivered on site or in public sessions.

Please choose the course for the product to which you subscribe.

• NBS Create
• NBS Building
• NBS Landscape
• Specification Management and Administration
• NBS Scheduler
• NBS Contact Administrator

Using NBS Create

An introduction to NBS Create, for specifiers who are creating and editing project specifications.

This introductory course covers common elements but has session content tailored to the individual product.

As well as receiving CPD accreditation on completion of the course, attendees will find time spent with an experienced NBS trainer a valuable asset to their development. A product-specific training manual will also be given to attendees to take away with them at the end of the course.

Schedule: 10.00am – 16.00pm (full day)

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Using NBS Building

An introduction to NBS Building, for specifiers who are creating and editing project specifications.

This introductory course covers common elements but has session content tailored to the individual product.

As well as receiving CPD accreditation on completion of the course, attendees will find time spent with an experienced NBS trainer a valuable asset to their development. A product - specific training manual will also be given to attendees to take away with them at the end of the course.

On completion of the course you will be confident that you can:

• Recognise and understand the structure of work sections which is based upon the Common Arrangement Work Sections (CAWS)
• Create and edit a specification, using clause editing tools, NBS Guidance and NBS Plus
• Supplement existing NBS Guidance with your own office knowledge
• Understand the concept of office standards as a useful basis for project specification, saving time in the specification writing process and ensuring consistency
• Format and print the specification
• Define user access to specifications and preliminaries
• Understand the fundamentals of revisions and their use during the specification process

Schedule: 10.00am – 16.00pm (full day)

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Using NBS Landscape

An introduction to NBS Landscape, for landscape engineers who are creating and editing landscape specifications

This introductory course covers common elements but has session content tailored to the individual product.

As well as receiving CPD accreditation on completion of the course, attendees will find time spent with an experienced NBS trainer a valuable asset to their development. A product - specific training manual will also be given to attendees to take away with them at the end of the course.

On completion of the course you will be confident that you can:

• Recognise and understand the structure of work sections which is based upon the Common Arrangement Work Sections (CAWS)
• Create and edit a specification, using clause editing tools, NBS Guidance and NBS Plus
• Supplement existing NBS Guidance with your own office knowledge
• Understand the concept of office standards as a useful basis for project specification, saving time in the specification writing process and ensuring consistency
• Format and print the specification
• Define user access to specifications and preliminaries
• Understand the fundamentals of revisions and their use during the specification process

Schedule: 10.00am – 16.00pm (full day)

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Specification Management and Administration

A more in-depth look at document management, maintenance and security. A half day course designed for delegates who have previously attended user level NBS training.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Utilise administration tools to ensure office wide functionality and performance, helping to maintain a standard layout of documents created within the software
• Retrospectively apply document permissions, ensuring that as the project grows, so do the team who can work on the specification
• Understand office standards and the recommended steps in their creation
• Use updating tools to enable safe reuse of project specifications
• Discuss good practice in using NBS Specification writing software

Schedule: 9.30am or 13.30pm (3 hour course)

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Using NBS Scheduler

NBS Scheduler users who wish to prepare schedulers of work for smaller scale new build or refurbishment projects, where a bill of quantities is not required.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Navigate the NBS Scheduler screen layout comfortably
• Write schedules of work using the NBS Libraries
• Use your own templates as a basis for schedules, saving time in the schedule writing process
• Edit your schedule to be project specific by adding or removing pre-written NBS content, as well as creating your own
• Format and print the finished document
• Produce reports detailing work to be done, by trade
• Create a cost tracking spreadsheet
• Write, format and print your preliminaries

Schedule: 9.30am or 13.30pm (3 hour course)

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Using NBS Contract Administrator

An introduction to NBS Contract Administrator for anyone involved in the contract administration process.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Set up and use resources needed to create a project within NBS Contract Administrator
• Create a project within NBS Contract Administrator
• Use the expert written help and Guidance to select, complete and print RIBA Forms, making it easier for those unfamiliar with the Contract Administration process
• Run reports and track costs and activities across a project, removing the need to manually update a separate records of costs

Schedule: 9.30am or 13.30pm (3 hour course)

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