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.
12 of the biggest health and safety risks in construction
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.
Fire safetyVentilation
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
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 ...
Design and SpecificationConstruction Products
Transforming construction from your smartphone
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 ...
Design and SpecificationConstruction Products
Phase change materials
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 ...
Design and SpecificationConstruction Products
Top 5 resources for Landscape Architects
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 ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
What's on the agenda at BIM Show Live?
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.
Digital Transformation
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Should we be building our houses with LEGO bricks?
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 ...
Design and SpecificationConstruction Products
Announcing the NBS BIM Object Standard 2.0
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 ...
Digital TransformationConstruction Products
Uniclass 2015 - January 2018 update
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 ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
What is fake news?
We've searched high and low but Collins' 'word of the year', fake news, doesn't feature in our BIM jargon buster
What is Ewfefvr?
We've checked and Ewfefvr doesn't feature in The Periodic Table of BIM. It is, however, your one-stop shop to unravel the mysteries of BIM.
Can BIM successfully deliver small construction projects?
The perceived value of BIM BIM is more than just developing a 3D model: it entails a collaborative way of working to deliver masses of information over a Common Data Environment (CDE) – a digitised ...
