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.
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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.
How not to fall foul of the private sector tender process
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.
Contracts and LawTendering
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Design Engineering Refocused Hanif Kara, Daniel Bosia
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
A guide to cavity wall insulation
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 ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Global renewables capacity exceeds coal
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).
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Exploring the NBS BIM Object Standard
In the first part of a new series we explore what the standard is and why standardisation is so important.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Top 10 BIM myths debunked
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 ...
Digital Transformation
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BS 8536-2:2016 Design and construction : Code of practice for asset management (Linear and geographical infrastructure)
Introducing BS 8536-2: 2016. The BIM Level 2 suite of documents now includes a code of practice for asset management.
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
10 material innovations shaping the buildings of tomorrow
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 ...
Construction Products
What is the Common Data Environment (CDE)?
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 ...
Digital Transformation
Clash detection in BIM
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.
Digital Transformation
British cities rank in 2016 Sustainable Cities list
London has been ranked as the fifth most sustainable city in the world in the 2016 Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index.
SustainabilityClimate change
Digital Property: Open-Source Architecture
Digital Property: Open-Source Architecture Guest Edited by Wendy W Fok and Antoine Picon
