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.
Explore the current state of sustainability in the UK construction industry based on the results from a comprehensive survey conducted by NBS.
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 ...
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, ...
Progression of BIM adoption and how it’s improving The NBS National BIM Report 2018 told us that almost three quarters of respondents are now using BIM, a 12% increase on 2017 which was the highest ...
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Picture this You’re a designer in construction, and you work for months designing a facility; spending time not only making sure that every element is considered but how they all work together. You ...
This is the latest in the updating programme and includes updates to five tables. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing number of individuals and organisations using the tables, to ...
If you got the opportunity to visit the Great Exhibition of the North you might have seen Steve Mayes' brilliant exhibition at the Mining Institute.
As an artist, Ben Staves has an interesting way of seeing the world - one that'll take you by surprise if you spot his prints on a friend's wall or at a local market.
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
In Great Britain alone, there are an estimated 12,000 lung disease deaths each year linked to past exposures to dust at work.
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
In the NBS Discover events, we saw a number of innovations in how construction information can be collaboratively created, managed and shared, through the life of a building.
We held almost 20 ‘roundtables’ across the four Discover events. In each discussion there was a mix of architects, technologists, landscape architects, engineers and surveyors. Some worked in large, ...
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
The way design practices operate is changing, and a major reason for this is digital technology. But exactly how are architects and other designers responding to the opportunities and challenges new ...