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.
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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.
Autodesk University Las Vegas: Forging Ahead with Collaborative Cloud-Based Solutions
The class, originally presented on 13 November 2017, initially looks at setting up an execution plan to give clarity on which team members are delivering what information and when.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
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Design and SpecificationSustainability
Creating greener, smarter communities: apply to take part
Do you want to make the world a better place? To make a difference to society, the environment and the economy? Do you have an idea for a business that could:
SustainabilitySmart cities
Uniclass 2015 - October 2017 update
Project Management Table Following an extended period of consultation, the Project Management Table has been published. The Project Management table consists of Uniclass 2015 codes which provide a ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Funding boost puts augmented reality to work for construction
Following implementation by Crossrail’s contractor Laing O’Rourke, which saw Soluis’ In-Site AR asset management tool demonstrate its benefits and feasibility onsite, Soluis is now developing the ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Uniclass 2015 - July 2017 update
This July issue is the next in the three-monthly Uniclass 2015 updating programme. The Uniclass 2015 tables were last updated in April 2017. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing number ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
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RIBA research shows how architects can build professional resilience
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Surveys
Uniclass 2015 - April 2017 update
The April 2017 Update features minor changes to seven tables in response to user requests, respecting the need for a period of stability and minimum change to assist adoption of the Uniclass 2015 ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Specifications - the views from the industry
The findings in the NBS Specification Report 2017 provide us with a good understanding when it comes to the industry's experience of specifications and future expectations. Clearly, specifications ...
Design and SpecificationSpecification
Passive fire protection: Specifying and maintaining fire doors
What is a fire door? How many of us fully appreciate the importance of fire doors as life-saving components in the buildings that we occupy and use every day, either at our place of business or home?
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Uniclass 2015 - January 2017 update
Uniclass 2015 is a dynamic classification for the construction industry. Our latest update features minor changes to six core tables in response to user requests.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
BIM deliverables
This article is part of the Getting started with BIM series brought to you in association with Graphisoft.
