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.
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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.
The latest construction industry research and analysis, free from NBS
NBS National BIM Report 2017 The annual NBS National BIM Report is now recognised as one of the industry’s most comprehensive reviews into the use of BIM. Now in its seventh year, the latest report ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
A Health and Safety File is a repository of health and safety information that serves as a legal record, benefiting both clients and end users – from initial construction through use, cleaning, ...
Standards and RegulationsHealth and Safety
Designing and procuring an electronic access system
Identifying risks In order to procure an electronic access control system, you first need to understand the risks you are guarding against in order to develop the underlying requirements for that ...
Design and SpecificationConstruction Products
Noise exposure and hearing loss
Noise exposure now accounts for more than a third of all cases of hearing loss in developed countries – and city dwellers are most at risk. A study published recently in The Lancet revealed that ...
Standards and RegulationsHealth and Safety
Graphisoft ARCHICAD Library Part Maker
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
Uniclass 2015 - April 2017 update
The April 2017 Update features minor changes to seven tables in response to user requests, respecting the need for a period of stability and minimum change to assist adoption of the Uniclass 2015 ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
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Wooden 'plyscrapers' - the rise and rise of tall timber buildings
The solid case for wood As a construction product, there’s much to be said for good, dependable, ‘old-fashioned’ timber. It’s lightweight yet strong – Timber’s cellular make-up makes it incredibly ...
SustainabilityConstruction Products
The big BIM quiz
Ready to put your knowledge to the test? Have a go at our latest quick quiz...
Digital Transformation
Unlocking the secrets of street ambience
Our research uses global data to describe how to achieve the ideal functions of a main street. We have done this by developing a systems abstraction hierarchy, which allows a main street to be ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Take an Old Post Office tour
Back in March we offered visitors to our Facebook page an exclusive behind the scenes tour of our newly-refurbished office space.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
The technologies transforming construction
Drones The din at the local park seems to have transferred from the model boating lake to the skies as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or 'drones' increasingly find favour with hobbyists.
Digital TransformationSmart cities
Smart home and light market gains momentum
What are smart devices? A 'smart' or 'intelligent' device is an electronic device that's typically connected to the internet (and potentially a network of other smart devices) offering the potential ...
