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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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    Top takeaways from the NBS National BIM Report for Manufacturers 2017

    The NBS National BIM Report for Manufacturers 2017 provides a snapshot of the changes the industry has been going through since the BIM mandate was implemented in April 2016 and shows what manufacturers are making of the opportunities on offer. Here we distil some of the key findings from this year's survey.

    BIM
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    The Farmer Report: One Year On

    It's a year since Mark Farmer's review of the UK's construction model. We recap some of the key recommendations and assess progress so far.

    Design and specification
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    NBS National BIM Report 2017

    The annual NBS National BIM Report is now recognised as one of the industry’s most comprehensive reviews into the use of BIM. Now in its seventh year, the latest report is packed with a range of insight and expertise, it gives a snapshot of the changes the industry has been going through since the BIM mandate was implemented in April 2016.

    BIM
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    Top takeaways from the NBS National BIM Report 2017

    The annual NBS National BIM Report is now recognised as one of the industry’s most comprehensive reviews into the use of BIM. Now in its seventh year, we distil some of the key findings from this year's survey.

    BIM
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    Introducing the NBS National BIM Report 2017

    Richard Waterhouse, CEO of NBS, introduces our seventh annual National BIM Report and explores some of the key themes and trends.

    BIM
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    NBS Specification Report 2017

    In November 2016 we launched our latest survey in a bid to understand how the industry is changing the way it writes specifications as it continues to adopt digital ways of working. We're now ready to share the results in the NBS Specification Report 2017.

    Design and specification
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    Standards supporting UK innovation

    Kieran Parkinson from BSI looks at the how BIM standards have helped remove much of the risk and uncertainty associated with sharing information in a virtual construction environment and explores how such standards can be internationalised. He also shares thoughts on four UK BIM standards projects that will drive the next stage in the digital construction revolution.

    Standards and regulations