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 ...
We recently hosted a webinar where our panel of industry experts answered your questions about everything to do with specification. Tina Pringle, Director of Technical Information, Dr Stephen Hamil, ...
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass. It includes updates to eight tables, and the first publication of two new tables, Materials and Properties & characteristics. ...
Recently at NBS we have made a full set of sample specifications available to download in both Uniclass and CAWS (Common Arrangement of Work Sections) format.
After another busy year, we wanted to reflect on some of the key highlights of 2022.
1. NBS - a global platform When launching NBS Chorus in 2019, we set out to create a best-in-class specification platform that worked with pre-written content libraries for building projects around ...
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass. It includes updates to seven tables, and is predominantly for the addition of new classifications and corrections to existing ...
Defining sustainable development There are two widely-accepted definitions of what constitutes sustainable development:
NBS is the official specification and product data partner of CIBSE. The partnership brings together a wealth of information, content, and resources from both organisations, providing support ...
1. Better coordinated design and specification One of the most popular features of NBS Chorus is the ability to plug the platform into design tools such as Autodesk Revit, Graphisoft Archicad or ...
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass. It includes updates to nine tables, and is predominantly for the addition of new classifications and corrections to existing ...
The RIBA Plan of Work This is part of a series of articles looking at The Digital Plan of Work
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass. It includes updates to eight tables and is predominantly for the addition of new classifications and corrections to existing ...