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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.

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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.

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  • Construction Products

    Visqueen launches Ultimate Self Adhesive Membrane for hydrocarbon and VOC-contaminated sites

    The construction industry faces growing challenges when building on increasingly complex brownfield sites. Alongside the need for effective waterproofing, developers and contractors must now address ...

  • 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 ...

What is an Information Delivery Manual (IDM)?

To make BIM effective, information needs to be made available when it is needed and it must be provided to a satisfactory quality.

Digital TransformationContracts and Law
NBS-LCA

Reduce embodied carbon from the start

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

What is the PAS 1192 framework?

A series of PAS documents set out the requirements for achieving BIM Level 2 by establishing a framework for collaborative working and information requirements.

Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation

Advances in Smart Cities

In January 2016 a research conference was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi on the theme of smart cities.

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

What is a federated Building Information Model?

A federated model is a combined Building Information Model that has been compiled by amalgamating several different models into one (or importing one model into another).

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

What are BIM objects?

Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source.

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

What is the Government Construction Strategy?

Influential reports as far back as the 1930s have highlighted the problems inherent in the construction industry but it wasn’t until 2011 that they proffered a solution that could deliver the step ...

Digital TransformationGovernment policy

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What are safety briefings and toolbox talks?

Those who commission, design, construct and operate buildings have obligations to control the risks that those using the facilities might reasonably incur both during the construction and operation ...

Standards and RegulationsHealth and Safety

2017 Timber Scorecard

The scorecard covers key sectors such as construction and home-builders as well as paper / printing and publishing, general retailers and furniture retailers.

SustainabilityConstruction Products

Data exchange on BIM projects: What are data drops?

Construction is a 'team sport' with a multitude of different disciplines coming together (at various stages) to work on the delivery of a project.

Digital Transformation

Should you be specifying home battery solutions?

According to the Solar Trade Association the number of solar panels being installed in the UK has fallen by more than 80%, with a withdrawal of subsidies and hikes in business rates being blamed.

Design and SpecificationSustainability

The BIM 'label' : Is the term still fit for purpose?

The construction industry is on a mission. A mission to get better project outcomes. A mission fuelled by better communication and sharing of information.

Digital TransformationContracts and Law

Tomorrow's world today at Digital Construction Week 2017

Digital Construction Week returns to the Capital for a two-day event on 18 and 19 October.

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
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