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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

Sustainable Futures UK Report 2026

Explore the current state of sustainability in the UK construction industry based on the results from a comprehensive survey conducted by NBS.

Must Reads

  • Construction Products

    Siderise: Helping to bridge the gap between Gateway 2 approval and on-site fire protection

    While the new building safety regime hasn’t fundamentally changed what requirements higher-risk buildings (HRBs) must meet to comply with the Building Regulations, it has significantly increased the ...

  • RIBA CPD

    RIBA CPD for Architects: Understanding Flooring Specification and Detailing

    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 ...

  • Sponsored

    Designing sustainability into construction – proof over promises in sustainable construction

    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 ...

Discount code for money off BIM Show Live 2017 tickets

BIM Show Live is back for 2017 and you can secure your tickets at an exclusive discounted price.

Digital Transformation
NBS-LCA

Reduce embodied carbon from the start

Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.

BIM deliverables

This article is part of the Getting started with BIM series brought to you in association with Graphisoft.

Digital TransformationGetting started with BIM

Why construction needs smart contracts

Smart contracts are required to meet the needs of Digital Built Britain, whose report recommends that “The time has come for the construction sector to reform by seizing the opportunities offered by ...

Contracts and Law

Free data from docs and come together to reap the rewards of BIM

What is it about this thing called BIM? Here we are, at the end of the year in which the UK government BIM mandate was implemented. Six years after Paul Morrell’s BIM Strategy was outlined and five ...

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

The information in BIM

This article is part of the Getting started with BIM series brought to you in association with Graphisoft.

Digital TransformationGetting started with BIM

2016 - The construction year in review

Uncertainty has been the watchword for 2016.

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

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Making the switch to BIM

This article is part of the Getting started with BIM series brought to you in association with Graphisoft.

Digital TransformationGetting started with BIM

Exploring the NBS BIM Object Standard - Geometry Requirements

Last time we looked at Section 2: Information Requirements, this time we delve into the guidance relating to Section 3: Geometry Requirements.

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

The construction industry's wishlist for 2017

Predictions are always notoriously difficult. This year they are trickier than ever. The UK is getting to grips with what Brexit will mean. Uncertainty persists and that’s likely continue in 2017 and ...

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

The NBS BIG BIM Crossword

Print this page and get your writing implement of choice at the ready, set to tackle the grid of BIM-fuelled dreams..

Digital TransformationNBS Annual 2017

The top Medium posts about construction you need to read

What is Medium? Launched in 2012 by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, Medium is a publishing platform that features a uniform, minimalistic design that serves to put the writing in the spotlight.

Design and SpecificationSustainability

EU referendum survey (Q4 2016) - The findings

The effects of the Brexit decision are still unfolding.

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation