Success stories

Case studies

At NBS we love hearing about how customers use our software and services. Here we present our latest customer success stories.

  • BDP and Digital Transformation

    At our recent NBS Construction Leaders’ Summit, BDP Chief Information Officer Alistair Kell told the story of BDP’s digital transformation journey. This article looks at how NBS is a part of BDP’s digital process, the presentation is available to watch and a short interview with Alistair is listed below.

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  • Uniclass: a class above the rest

    Discover how Uniclass is being put into practice to deliver exceptional results globally across the built environment.

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  • How NBS Chorus helps KSS on major projects

    Find out how architects KSS used NBS Chorus to collaborate with specification consultancy SpecStudio on sports stadium projects.

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  • Case study: How NBS has helped to speed up the specification process for ADAM Architecture

    We caught up with ADAM Architecture’s Assistant IT Manager, Dave Cox, to find out how the practice has benefitted by moving from NBS Building to NBS Chorus, and how working in the cloud has helped the business manage risk.

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  • Hydrock – Building services engineering specifications using NBS

    Multi-discipline engineering design consultancy Hydrock told us how NBS Chorus helps them work more collaboratively for more efficient and consistent results.

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  • Historical Uniclass: the restoration of the Houses of Parliament

    Recently, the Uniclass 2015 team have been working closely with specialists at the Palace of Westminster to develop additional codes that can be applied to historic items within the Houses of Parliament and elsewhere.

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  • How NBS is helping specifiers to collaborate with manufacturers

    Find out how NBS is helping manufacturer PPG Architectural Coatings to expand its offering to specifiers, leading to right first time specifications and stronger working relationships.

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  • NBS Chorus helps engineers at Adler and Allan to work more efficiently

    Adler and Allan are one of the leading UK environmental risk reduction and emergency response specialists. They carry out assessments and design solutions to environmental risks on 22,000 sites each year across the UK. We caught up with Project Engineer, Jason Carter-Smith, to find out how the business have utilised NBS Chorus and the benefits it has brought them.

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  • Customer success story: Hollis

    Find out how international real estate consultancy Hollis has benefitted from transitioning to NBS Chorus during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the NBS training team helped.

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  • Customer success story: J Foster Architects

    J Foster Architects is a London-based practice founded by Jeremy Foster, that predominantly delivers small residential projects such as conversions, extensions and renovations. The practice has used the NBS Building software for many years but has recently migrated to NBS Chorus Small Works. Dr Stephen Hamil, NBS Innovation Director, caught up with Jeremy to find out more about his NBS Chorus experience.

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  • Planning and developing specifications using the project timeline

    In this article, the process followed at AHMM, which aligns to this RIBA Plan of Work framework, is outlined. Complexities that relate to the following are covered: preparing for specification writing; providing clarity between descriptive and prescriptive specifications; and coordinating specifications with the wider set of project information.

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  • Collaboration success story - Franklin Ellis Architects

    As part of a recent NBS webinar on collaborative specification writing, Chris Dixon (Associate Architect at Franklin Ellis Architects) described how he had worked with Dulux Trade to develop paint systems specifications for a complex building project.

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