A wide range of interesting articles that help you make informed decisions and deliver the best projects for your clients authored by our team of NBS subject specialists and construction industry contributors.
Sustainability
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.
Must Reads
The hidden cost of compliance: why architects are demanding a new era of product transparency
Few pieces of legislation have reshaped the UK construction industry as significantly as the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA). Introduced to improve accountability, traceability and safety standards ...
Design and Specification
Brick slip cladding systems – the need for robust specification
This article from the NBS technical team outlines specification for brick slip technology, including history, technology, design, safety and testing.
When product data creates risk, AluK delivers the clarity and support architects need
The need to build more homes, more quickly, has not changed. If anything, the pressure has intensified. However, the conversation around Modern Methods of Construction has evolved.
Introducing the NBS National BIM Report for Manufacturers 2016
Change is constant. Over the past five years, the construction sector has embarked on a period of rapid change as it transforms into a truly digital industry, so writes Ian Chapman, Director of the ...
ReportsDigital Transformation
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Ecobuild 2016 - An Introduction to BIM for Manufacturers
Ian Chapman, Director of the NBS National BIM Library provides an introduction to BIM for a manufacturer audience in this presentation produced as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
The impact of the NBS BIM Object Standard
Ian Chapman, Director of the NBS National BIM Library, documents the benefits of a standardized approach when it comes to BIM objects and assesses the impact of the NBS BIM Object Standard.
Digital Transformation
Standardisation: The spice of life
It is often said that variety is the spice of life, but the reality is that we live in a world that is defined by standards, many of which we take for granted.
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
NBS National BIM Library User Day 2013
Towards the end of 2013, NBS held a research day with many of the construction industry's leading BIM advocates to review the NBS National BIM Library and determine its next steps. The day was ...
Digital Transformation
The buildingSMART Data Dictionary
In his role as buildingSMART UK director, NBS Head of Specification Ian Chapman recently attended a meeting to discuss the buildingSMART Data Dictionary, and here's a brief introduction to what the ...
Digital TransformationUniclass
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An introduction to Uniclass 2
To understand Uniclass2 let's start by considering what a classification system is. One of the simplest and most effective classification systems in use today is the system adopted by the dictionary. ...
Standards and RegulationsUniclass
What does Building Information Modelling (BIM) mean for specifications?
How many articles and posts do you read that include a definition along the lines of "BIM provides a 3D model of a building"? BIM is driving change but we should improve industry understanding of ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Do not get your wires crossed: the colour coding of low voltage fixed wiring cable cores
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 ...
