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Unlike any other platform, NBS makes it simple for manufacturers and suppliers to collaborate closely with architects and specifiers, removing obstacles to specification by integrating your products into their workflow.

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Your products in the right place at the right time

Enhance your brand

In the discovery phase, NBS positions your products at the heart of the creative process. Enhance your visibility by listing your products, literature, and BIM objects on NBS Source. Showcase your products with stunning photography in our Inspiration area, and leverage NBS Marketing Services for effective promotion to our exclusive specifier audience. Additionally, deliver RIBA-Approved CPD to elevate your brand's profile with architects and specifiers and start to build successful partnerships.

Power up your product data

During the design phase, NBS helps architects and designers make swift, informed design choices. Our platform fosters team collaboration and ensures precise documentation that boosts efficiency. At NBS, we expertly craft your digital objects and structure your content to align with the industry demands for quality product data that, seamlessly integrate with the specification.

Integrate seamlessly

Of the AJTop100 architects, 98% use NBS to write their specifications. Unique to the construction market, with NBS Source, you can integrate with the UK's leading specification platform, NBS Chorus, allowing your products to be written into the spec at the click of a button. You can also integrate NBS Source with your website to maximise your reach, and with an NBS Chorus license, you can collaborate with specifiers in real time, building relationships based on trust and expertise within the specification environment.

Maximise your sales opportunities

NBS provides precise analytics for your product listings so you can see where your products and BIM objects are specified and in which projects, allowing you to easily manage inbound leads. Analyse trends in product selection and preferences, as well as competition data, to discover how you compare. To support your outbound sales strategy, unique to NBS, find out where products like yours are needed but not yet selected so you can focus your sales activity with laser precision.

Create a lasting impression

Beyond construction, the inclusion of your products in the specification, model, and drawings helps to secure their lasting presence in the project. This 'triple lock' positions your brand as the preferred choice for ongoing maintenance, repairs, and upgrades throughout the building's lifecycle. During this period, take the opportunity to showcase your success with Marketing Services, highlighting the long-term value and performance of your products and reinforcing their integral role in the project's longevity.

13.6m

Decisions made in NBS per month

98%

AJ Top 100 Architects using NBS

3,600+

Practices using NBS

20,000+

New projects in Chorus in 2023

Why we do it

Over 3,600 architectural practices use NBS and our platform to write their specifications and synchronise their models.

We work with manufacturers to provide architects, specifiers and engineers with rich product data and at the point of product selection.

High quality, structured data helps architects specify better, reduce product substitution and create more sustainable buildings.

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“We developed BIM internally, and whilst it was functional, it was not exactly what we required. So further collaboration with NBS took our BIM offering to the level expected from specifiers and contractors. The expertise of the team at NBS has allowed us to generate specifications and focus on the practices actively looking for safe, sustainable and cost-effective floor screeding solutions.”

Jack Errington, National Specification Manager
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“NBS Source will ensure we can closely monitor that our information presents correctly, is up to date and is easy to use. More collaborative functionality with specifiers regarding the specification writing process will provide the opportunity to engage more closely during both the decision making and specification writing process. This will lead to more accurate specification of both product and technical content.”

Jacqui Hughes, Specification Adviser
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“The new NBS Source platform has given us far better scope to improve our product listings, allowing us to give architects and specifiers more detailed information to make informed product choices. As a result, we’ve tripled our monthly products added to specs, and with the help of the improved NBS Source analytics, have been able to bolster our relationships with those architects as the projects go forward.”

Mark Goata, Product Marketing Manager
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“NBS Source is the place to be if you want to get your products specified in projects.”

James Marvin, eCommerce Manager

Why manufacturers rate us

An extension 
of your team

Behind NBS is a team of industry experts to support your digital journey allowing you time to focus on building great products.

Visibility across 
the project timeline

Our platform gives you access to all stages of the project timeline so you have more opportunities to generate sales and grow.

Targeted end 
to end marketing

NBS has a rich, engaged audience of architects and specifiers interacting, collaborating with and learning from our manufacturers.

Competitive advantage

NBS offers a unique set of tools 
to help boost your business, get qualified leads, and grow your 
profit margin.

Get seen, get selected, get specified

Your products in front of the people that matter, at the exact time product decisions are made. Collaborate with architects and specifiers directly within the specification environment and showcase your products to the right audience. Working together with our sister company Glenigan, we drive more sales leads for manufacturers and with our multi-channel services, we give you the opportunity to raise the profile of your brand and products.

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