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.
Discover how specification can support BREEAM New Construction V7, with practical guidance from NBS and BRE on assessment requirements, evidence and more sustainable project outcomes.
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, ...
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 ...
Architects have been delivering construction information, drawings and specifications for centuries, so why now the focus on the importance of ‘data’? What has changed? The emergence of BIM and VDC ...
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Who chooses products? When and how do they do it? David Bain, Research Manager at NBS explores how to put your products at the heart of the project timeline.
If you’ve ever contemplated setting up your own business then this new series could be just what you need to get the cogs turning. In the coming weeks we’ll be exploring all aspects of going it alone ...
On 23 June, the UK electorate expressed its desire to leave the EU. What this means for the construction industry generally, and for the design profession in particular, is unclear.
Time's running out to grab an exclusive limited edition Periodic Table of BIM mug! Stefan Mordue is a man who lives in a world of BIM-fuelled colour. As architect of the Periodic Table of BIM, the ...
At the start of 2015 there were a record 5.4 million private sector businesses in the UK according to the government – up 146,000 on the previous year, and almost two million more than at the turn of ...
If you stop and think about it, the impact the construction industry has upon society is immense: the built environment that we create influences both the physical and psychological wellbeing of the ...
The finalists in this year's Green Gown Awards have just been announced by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EUAC).
Following the UK’s referendum on our future in Europe, I would like to invite you to take part in an NBS survey about what the result means for our sector.
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
The average British motorist is said to spend 30 hours a year stuck in traffic. Staring at the snarl up ahead it’s only natural that drivers start to question whose bright idea the works were and why ...
Our urge to reach for the skies and create ever-taller buildings shows no signs of abating but our lofty ambitions have always been limited by the need to get people up and down the structures. The ...