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.
Discover how specification can support BREEAM New Construction V7, with practical guidance from NBS and BRE on assessment requirements, evidence and more sustainable project outcomes.
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 ...
Because of how they are used, kitchens and bathrooms experience more moisture, more contact, and more ongoing maintenance. Standard emulsions are not designed for this level of use. Over time, ...
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 ...
What is a tender? A tender is a submission made by a prospective supplier of goods or services made in response to an invitation to tender.
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Design Engineering Refocused Hanif Kara, Daniel Bosia
Cavity wall insulation can be a great way of improving the thermal performance of a building, making it both warmer and cheaper to heat, but it's not always a suitable solution. We explore the pros ...
Global capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has, for the first time, overtaken coal according to a new study from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
In the first part of a new series we explore what the standard is and why standardisation is so important.
Considering BIM implementation? Not sure who or what to believe? Don't let fear and falsehoods hold you back. Here we debunk 10 of the most common misconceptions around Building Information Modelling ...
Introducing BS 8536-2: 2016. The BIM Level 2 suite of documents now includes a code of practice for asset management.
The building blocks of tomorrow are being thought about in the classrooms and innovation labs of today. A whole new generation of construction material innovations are set to shape the buildings we ...
The common data environment (CDE) is a central repository where construction project information is housed. The contents of the CDE are not limited to assets created in a ‘BIM environment’ and it ...
One of the key benefits of BIM is the ability to spot 'clashes' at an early stage in your project where they should be much easier, cheaper and less time consuming to rectify.
London has been ranked as the fifth most sustainable city in the world in the 2016 Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index.
Digital Property: Open-Source Architecture Guest Edited by Wendy W Fok and Antoine Picon