Are you BIM ready? What your business needs to do before 2016
We round up articles from the 'Are you BIM ready? What your business needs to do before 2016' series.
01 January 2007
A look at the role and function of Part M: Access Statements.
Austin Williams, provides a general assessment of the needs for disabled access to toilets, in the first of the NBS Shortcuts series.
Approved Document Part F: Ventilation contains more guidance on domestic mechanical and natural ventilation systems than the previous ADF L: 1995.
We explore the new Part F: Means of ventilation, which came into force on 6 April 2006.
We have recently had a couple of queries about materials blacklists, which we had thought were a thing of the past. Clearly this is not the case, so John Gelder revisits the issue.
We look at how schedules of work are organised.
Andrew Wilson, NBS Scheduler coordinator, clears up our thinking on how schedules of work work.
There is a veritable rainbow of standards for the generic specification of colour. John Gelder, Content development manager, looks for the pot of gold.
We examine the scope of Production information: A code of procedure for the construction industry and assess the guidance offered.
The colour coding of low voltage fixed wiring cable cores changed on 31 March 2004 . These changes affect not only electrical contractors, but also specifiers, builders, do-it-yourself
enthusiasts and anyone who carries out work on electrical cables.
We explore considerations when it comes to developing adaptable housing for special needs.
A range of factors impact on the quality of teaching - not least design considerations within the lecture theatre.
