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Explore the latest NBS reports, guides and resources, bringing together industry research, expert insight and practical guidance on the trends, challenges and opportunities shaping construction.

NBS Guide: Embodied Carbon Calculations

Learn how to align your carbon assessments with BIM workflows. This guide to Embodied Carbon Calculations, developed by NBS and Circular Ecology, sets out a practical, standardised approach to calculating the embodied carbon of building materials and products, and how to apply this data to BIM objects.

Sustainability
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    Ten key takeaways from the Digital Construction Report 2021

    Over 900 construction professionals gave their views. Here we pick out ten highlights, which we believe will continue to be relevant in 2022.

    Digital transformation
  • Report

    Digital Construction Report 2021

    Discover how construction professionals were adopting BIM, cloud technology and other digital tools in 2021, and the trends shaping the industry’s digital transformation.

    Digital transformationBIM
  • Report

    NBS’ 10th National BIM Report

    This year’s 2020 BIM report marks the 10th year of asking the industry for their views about BIM. Read the latest on the state of BIM, reflecting the views of over 1,000 industry professionals. See how usage and views of BIM have changed since 2011. What progress have we made as an industry and what changes do we anticipate in the next decade?

    BIM
  • Report

    National BIM Report 2019

    The ninth NBS National BIM Report is now available. Read the latest on the state of BIM, representing the views of nearly 1,000 industry professionals.

    BIM
  • Report

    NBS Construction Technology Report 2019

    Our first Construction Technology Report, mapping the views, practices and adoption of new technologies across the industry.

    Digital transformation
  • Report

    The National BIM Report 2018

    The annual NBS National BIM Report is now recognised as one of the industry’s most comprehensive reviews into the use of BIM. In this eighth report, we glean an insight into the achievements and challenges of the industry two years on from the BIM Mandate.

    BIM
  • Report

    National Construction Contracts and Law Report 2018

    The results of our fourth major survey into construction contracts and related legal issues - the NBS National Construction Contracts and Law Report 2018

    Digital transformation