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, ...
The Basics The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have published new “2018” versions of their two Building Contracts, originally released in November 2014. The contracts come in two ...
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
UK standards British standards (BS and CP) There are seven types of British standards defined in BS 0 (A standard for standards – Principles of standardization):
The statistics In 2015, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) reported in their second edition of the Digest of Waste and Resource Statistics that, while efforts have been ...
According to HSE, within the UK there are 80,000 construction workers who suffer from work-related bad health each year and 64,000 who suffer non-fatal injuries.
On September 14th 2017, three neighbouring Staffordshire families woke up to the news that their cars had been stolen - including one model valued at over £35,000. Each house had been a victim of ...
There are hundreds of gadgets you can use to measure, document and design more effectively on both large and small scale construction projects, but it was a very bright idea indeed to integrate these ...
What are PCMs and why do we use them? Phase change materials (PCMs) are substances with a high latent heat of fusion.¹ They store latent heat during the transition phase. A PCM absorbs thermal energy ...
We have picked five key resources we think you will find useful if you are a practicing Landscape Architect. You could be just starting out in your career or have been practising for years, either ...
Delegates are set to flock to the Boiler Shop (birthplace of Stephenson’s Rocket) in Newcastle upon Tyne for a packed BIM Show Live programme on Wednesday 28 February and Thursday 1 March.
With its unique interlocking tube design and potential to build an infinite number of structures, it’s no wonder that the humble LEGO brick has stood the test of time. The original patent was signed ...
We’ve been making some improvements to the NBS BIM Object Standard. We’ve simplified the structure and reduced some of the requirements. The changes were developed with the help of our Canadian ...
The Uniclass 2015 tables were last updated in October 2017 shortly after the Project Management was published. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing number of individuals and ...