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.
Must Reads
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.
Seeing the city: Playfully
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.
Design and SpecificationSmart cities
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
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.
Design and SpecificationSmart cities
What is COBie?
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Digital TransformationCOBie
Dust Regulation: Five Tips to Comply with Government Standards
In Great Britain alone, there are an estimated 12,000 lung disease deaths each year linked to past exposures to dust at work.
AsbestosHealth and Safety
New NBS survey to map digital technologies
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
The problems with the construction industry - and how digitisation can help
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.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
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NBS Discover roundtables summary
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, ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
How our customers integrate NBS into their existing workflows
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
Digital transformation: where are we?
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 ...
Digital TransformationSmart cities
Uniclass 2015 - August 2018 update
The August issue is the latest in the Uniclass 2015 updating programme. The Uniclass 2015 tables were last updated in April 2018. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing number of ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Go back to school with these TED talks on design and innovation
You may not have had a Power Rangers lunch box in a while but that's no excuse not to keep learning. To help out, we've compiled some of the best TED talks on the construction industry, innovation ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
What is a digital twin?
Forbes describes digital twins as ‘a virtual model of a process, product or service’ - they enable teams to monitor, trial and experiment on a digital version of something physical. As a result, ...
