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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.

Sustainable Futures UK Report 2026

Explore the current state of sustainability in the UK construction industry based on the results from a comprehensive survey conducted by NBS.

Sustainability
  • Report

    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
  • Report

    Working toward a unified approach to BIM in Europe

    We explore the progress made by the EU BIM Task Group and an update on how European Nations are approaching the challenges of the move towards collaborative digital construction.

    BIM
  • Report

    Scotland's journey to the digitisation of construction

    Paul Dodd, Associate Director at the Scottish Futures Trust, shares the story of Scotland's BIM Level 2 journey and the work of the BIM Delivery Group.

    Digital transformation
  • Report

    Digital Built Britain - Building the Future

    Mark Bew MBE looks back at the BIM Level 2 journey, the move towards BIM Level 3 and the start of the Digital Built Britain programme - heralding a new generation of smart infrastructure and construction.

    Digital transformation
  • Report

    BIM on a live project

    This case study looks at how Manchester City Council’s supply chain is utilising BIM on their schools’ programme. It looks at one of these schools, the St Margaret’s refurbishment project, through the design and specification phases.

    BIM
  • Report

    Introducing the NBS Specification Report 2017

    Richard Waterhouse, CEO, NBS and RIBA Enterprises introduces the 2017 NBS Specification Report.

    Design and specification
  • Report

    Introducing the National BIM Report 2016

    NBS/ RIBA Enterprises CEO Richard Waterhouse introduces the National BIM Report 2016, the sixth NBS study into UK adoption and awareness of Building Information Modelling (BIM).

    BIM