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.
Redesign of the Old Post Office Building
Video of the 'Redesign of the Old Post Office Building, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne' presentation by Richard Waterhouse, Chief Executive NBS/ RIBA Enterprises, delivered at the Art in Architecture event.
VideoNBS Old Post Office Refurb
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Rob Manning and David Philp both presented this presentation focussing on the journey from Analogue to Digital as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Art, architecture and the city
Video of the 'Art, achitecture and the city' presentation by Giles Smith, Founder, Assemble - 2015 Turner Prize Winner, delivered at the Art in Architecture event.
VideoArt in Architecture event
Periodic Table of BIM series
Our Periodic Table of BIM is your at-a-glance guide to the steps you need to take to ensure a successful BIM implementation.
Ecobuild partners with NBS to curate Digital Building Theatre
Ecobuild has partnered with NBS, the knowledge management arm of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), to create a dedicated Digital Building Theatre at this year’s event. The theatre ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
The new theNBS.com
Today marks a new chapter in the life of theNBS.com as we launch our new site that puts the foundations in place for us to provide you with a better service.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
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The latest BIM objects at your fingertips in the NBS National BIM Library
The NBS National BIM Library just keeps getting better and now offers a new way to keep track of your favourite objects and those objects you’ve downloaded - making it easier than ever to ensure ...
Digital Transformation
NBS National BIM Survey 2016 now open
With just months to go before the mandated use of Level 2 BIM on all public-sector projects, NBS are looking to find out more about the industry's awareness and use of BIM.
Digital TransformationNBS National BIM Report
National Construction Contracts and Law Survey 2015
NBS has revealed the results of its third major survey into construction contracts and related legal issues.
Digital TransformationContracts and Law
Take part in the NBS National Construction Contracts and Law Survey 2015
This week sees the launch of the third NBS National Construction Contracts and Law Survey. About the survey First run in 2012, this NBS study solicits feedback on your practical experience of ...
Contracts and LawNBS National Construction Contracts and Law Surve
NBS case study: Liverpool Central Library
Liverpool Central Library and Archive reopened to the public in May 2013 after a £50 million refurbishment that took almost three years. The library was Britain’s first purpose-built public lending ...
