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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
Construction Products
Dulux Trade launches new solution for high-humidity spaces
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, ...
Architects, designers and engineers’ fundamental skills rely on their creative and technical abilities, but technology is increasingly changing the way that they work. Project success relies on their ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
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 2015 and includes updates to seven tables, and the publication of two new tables.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Common Data Environments
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
Uniclass 2015 - January 2019 update
The latest changes to Uniclass 2015 include updates to the Entities, Spaces, Systems and Product tables.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
ISO 19650 Q&A with Paul Shillcock
1. What do those companies who have already aligned their business processes to the UK 1192 series need to know about the transition to the ISO 19650 series? That it’s business as usual and they ...
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
Digital transformation: it's about people and technology
As we progress in this fourth industrial age, technology is fundamentally changing the way that we live and work, and is determining how businesses and industries grow and innovate. The UK ...
Digital TransformationClassification
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Video: ISO 19650 - A global opportunity
Following the publishing of the ISO 19650 series of standards for BIM, we invited Paul Shillcock to NBS HQ to present to the North East BIM community.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
From BS 1192 to ISO 19650 and everything in between
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
Seeing the city: Mindfully
Ben Channon has worked at London-based Assael Architecture for over six years, adding his expertise to a number of different projects.
Design and SpecificationSmart cities
Hyperloop: Shaping the future of transport. Part 2
Previous: Hyperloop: Shaping the future of transport (part 1)
Design and SpecificationSmart cities
A Digital Future for the Construction Industry
Construction and Technology Arguably the biggest external factor influencing the construction industry is the world’s rising population. A recent World Economic Forum publication on the future of ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Hyperloop: Shaping the future of transport. Part 1
What is Hyperloop? In simple terms, Hyperloop is the process of transporting passenger or freight pods through a near vacuum tube at airline speeds using electric propulsion and magnetic levitation. ...