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Sustainability

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.

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  • Construction Products

    Visqueen launches Ultimate Self Adhesive Membrane for hydrocarbon and VOC-contaminated sites

    The construction industry faces growing challenges when building on increasingly complex brownfield sites. Alongside the need for effective waterproofing, developers and contractors must now address ...

  • Construction Products

    Siderise: Helping to bridge the gap between Gateway 2 approval and on-site fire protection

    While the new building safety regime hasn’t fundamentally changed what requirements higher-risk buildings (HRBs) must meet to comply with the Building Regulations, it has significantly increased the ...

  • RIBA CPD

    RIBA CPD for Architects: Understanding Flooring Specification and Detailing

    For architects and specifiers, flooring details can have a significant impact on the safety, accessibility, durability and overall performance of a building. Yet the technical considerations ...

The problems with the construction industry - and how digitisation can help

In the NBS Discover events, we saw a number of innovations in how construction information can be collaboratively created, managed and shared, through the life of a building.

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
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Reduce embodied carbon from the start

Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.

Product Identification - the missing link of BIM

Some projects begin with a simple question. In this case, it was ‘Once we have a BIM, how are we going to know which construction products are in it?’

Digital TransformationConstruction Products

Have your say in the NBS National Construction Contracts and Law Survey 2017

I’m pleased to invite you to take part in our fourth survey covering construction contracts used during the past 12 months.

Contracts and LawNBS National Construction Contracts and Law Surve

EU referendum survey (Q4 2016) - The findings

The effects of the Brexit decision are still unfolding.

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

Have your say in our EU Referendum Survey

Four months after UK’s referendum on our future in Europe, I would like to invite you to take part in a follow-up NBS survey about the future of our sector.

Design and SpecificationSustainability

EU Referendum Survey - the findings

On 23 June, the UK electorate expressed its desire to leave the EU. What this means for the construction industry generally, and for the design profession in particular, is unclear.

Design and SpecificationSustainability

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EU Referendum Survey

Following the UK’s referendum on our future in Europe, I would like to invite you to take part in an NBS survey about what the result means for our sector.

Design and SpecificationSustainability

Research into the usability of Approved Documents B and M

NBS is carrying out research for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). It is about the Building Regulations Approved Documents (ADs), in particular: Part B (Fire Safety) Part M ...

Standards and RegulationsSurveys

NBS International BIM Report 2013

The first International BIM Survey, carried out by NBS and international partners, has revealed that UK consultants who do not adopt Building Information Modelling (BIM) could struggle to secure ...

Digital TransformationNBS National BIM Report

European construction industry - the coming years

Since the start of the current recession in 2007, the European Economic Area had been in a constant state of crisis, uncertainty and contraction. Over the last few months, though, a greater degree of ...

NBS National Construction Contracts and Law Survey 2013

Following the success of the NBS National Construction Contracts and Law Survey 2012, we ran our second survey in this area from June to July of this year.

Contracts and LawNBS National Construction Contracts and Law Surve

IFC / COBie Report 2012

The Government is committed to Building Information Modelling (BIM) and the use of open-standard data so that the construction industry can deliver greater value and be more efficient. The ...

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