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.
Explore the current state of sustainability in the UK construction industry based on the results from a comprehensive survey conducted by NBS.
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 ...
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 ...
With tightening regulations and growing client demand, the construction industry is under increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable progress against carbon reduction targets. For specifiers, that ...
Given that dry rot is one type of rot - Serpula lacrymans - and all the others are white rots, our contributors explain why increasingly fungal rots are being classified as either brown or white.
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
The much talked about, but apparently little understood, Green Deal is due to come into force in October 2012.The initiative will see millions of pounds loaned to building owners in a drive to make their properties more energy efficient. In this studio programme we look at how the Green Deal will work in practice, and identify opportunities it may offer to architects and other construction professionals.
According to the CIOB, procurement is 'essentially a series of calculated risks'. Well now a new British Standard, BS 8534, has been produced to help guide those involved through those risks. Davis ...
Most people have heard the phrase Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR, but what does it mean? Is it charity runs and pro bono work, or working to a sustainable agenda? Rachel Woolliscroft from Wates, joined us in the studio to help cut through the jargon and to outline the business case for CSR.
Significant uses of nanotechnology have surfaced in the last few years with applications for architectural design and the construction of built environments.
NBS's National BIM Survey has been released and reveals the latest BIM adoption figures.
This programme takes a look at the construction of stairs. It will explore the deceptively simple engineering in structurally efficient, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly stairs. A direct ...
In this programme we look at two very different properties that have been retrofitted as part of the TSB trial: a London terrace house, and a modern semi-detached property in Crawley, Sussex.
A variety of speakers – covering architectural practitioners, advisers, designers, academics, contractors (in UK and USA) and engineers, etc – answer a range of questions on BIM to explain the ...
A variety of speakers – covering architectural practitioners, advisers, designers, academics, contractors (in UK and USA) and engineers, etc – answer a range of questions on BIM to explain the ...
A variety of speakers – covering architectural practitioners, advisers, designers, academics, contractors (in UK and USA) and engineers, etc – answer a range of questions on BIM to explain the ...
A variety of speakers – covering architectural practitioners, advisers, designers, academics, contractors (in UK and USA) and engineers, etc – answer a range of questions on BIM to explain the ...