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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

Sustainable Futures UK Report 2026

Explore the current state of sustainability in the UK construction industry based on the results from a comprehensive survey conducted by NBS.

Must Reads

  • Construction Products

    Siderise: Helping to bridge the gap between Gateway 2 approval and on-site fire protection

    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 ...

  • RIBA CPD

    RIBA CPD for Architects: Understanding Flooring Specification and Detailing

    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 ...

  • Sponsored

    Designing sustainability into construction – proof over promises in sustainable construction

    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 ...

How does Uniclass support interoperability?

How does Uniclass support interoperability? The classification of ‘things’ is integral to the successful delivery of interoperable data, allowing information to be organized and easily retrieved. To ...

Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
NBS-LCA

Reduce embodied carbon from the start

Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.

Uniclass tables - explained

Uniclass is published digitally in a set of tables, logically structured to support various classification needs for asset management, infrastructure operations, and built environment lifecycle ...

UniclassClassification

What is Uniclass?

What is Uniclass? Uniclass is a unified classification system for the built environment covering all sectors and roles, delivered by NBS.

UniclassClassification

NBS Chorus for those that write contract Preliminaries

Within the NBS Chorus software platform we have developed content packages that are tailored to specific user requirements. For example, users can subscribe to separate libraries for ‘architectural’, ...

Design and SpecificationProduct update

Uniclass 2015 - January 2022 update

This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to seven tables.

UniclassClassification

NBS in 2021: Top 10 highlights

Throughout the year, we’ve focussed on the improving the way the construction industry specifies projects, finds products and uses data. We’ve also aimed to tackle the major issues of the day, ...

Design and SpecificationSustainability

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NBS BIM Toolkit – changes in 2022

Update July 2022 - The BIM Toolkit has now been retired. For support in creating digital plans of work and classifying information please see the following page: ...

Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations

5 Key Takeaways from the Construction Leaders' Summit: Building Better

In September NBS hosted its second digital conference of 2021 the Construction Leaders’ Summit: Building Better, chaired by Richard Waterhouse who was joined by leading figures in the construction ...

Design and SpecificationSustainability

Uniclass 2015 - October 2021 update

This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to eight tables.

UniclassClassification

Top 5 webinars of 2021

Over the last year, we’ve hosted a wide range of webinars covering everything you need to know about the construction industry.

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

Five reasons to use NBS even when you don't have projects

Getting more from your NBS subscription Although NBS Chorus is about helping you work on your projects more efficiently and effectively, your subscription comes with many more features that you can ...

Design and SpecificationNBS Source

Uniclass 2015 - July 2021 update

This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to eight tables.

UniclassClassification
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