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, ...
Trant was engaged by the MOD as contractor for the Mid Atlantic Power Project, a £55 million project in respect of the construction of a power station in the Falkland Islands. Mott MacDonald was ...
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Construction is an industry awash with technical terms, understanding which of these terms have parity of concept and which are distinct (however subtly), is at the heart of clear communication.
To make BIM effective, information needs to be made available when it is needed and it must be provided to a satisfactory quality.
A series of PAS documents set out the requirements for achieving BIM Level 2 by establishing a framework for collaborative working and information requirements.
In January 2016 a research conference was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi on the theme of smart cities.
A federated model is a combined Building Information Model that has been compiled by amalgamating several different models into one (or importing one model into another).
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source.
Influential reports as far back as the 1930s have highlighted the problems inherent in the construction industry but it wasn’t until 2011 that they proffered a solution that could deliver the step ...
What is silica? Silica is the common term used for the mineral compound silicon dioxide (SiO2), and it is one of the most common naturally-occurring elements in existence. Silica comes in two forms: ...
Following implementation by Crossrail’s contractor Laing O’Rourke, which saw Soluis’ In-Site AR asset management tool demonstrate its benefits and feasibility onsite, Soluis is now developing the ...
Those who commission, design, construct and operate buildings have obligations to control the risks that those using the facilities might reasonably incur both during the construction and operation ...
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