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.
Ecobuild 2016 : Digital Building Learning Hub Programme - The slides
Here we round up presentations from the ‘Digital Building Theatre’ a feature area sponsored by Wavin and curated by NBS, bringing together content and innovation around three key themes of ‘Digital ...
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.
Designing for fire safety in construction can be a complex subject. Successive revisions to the Building Regulations over the past 30 years have tightened up rules and learned lessons from notable ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Ecobuild 2016 - The Future of BIM
Richard Waterhouse, CEO NBS/ RIBA Enterprises explores the future of BIM in this presentation as part of the Digital Building Theatre progamme at Ecobuild 2016.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Ecobuild 2016 - Day 3
Andy Butterfield, Global Head of Construction and Product Certification looks at BSI's role in supporting BIM, its range of certification and training solutions.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Ecobuild 2016 - Day 2
The second day of Ecobuild 2016 proved just as popular and just as packed as the first as exhibitors and speakers across the construction industry converged on London's vast ExCeL arena.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Ecobuild 2016 - Putting BIM at the heart of small practice
David Miller, from David Miller Architects, shares his journey putting BIM at the heart of his practice as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
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Ecobuild 2016 - Day 1
Watch a video package showing highlights from the first day of Ecobuild 2016.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Panel discussion at Art in Architecture
A 'panel discussion' session chaired by Peter Buchan, Senior Partner, Ryder Architects, at the Art in Architecture event.
VideoArt in Architecture event
Ecobuild 2016 - An Introduction to BIM for Manufacturers
Ian Chapman, Director of the NBS National BIM Library provides an introduction to BIM for a manufacturer audience in this presentation produced as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Ecobuild 2016 video - Day 1 highlights
Watch a video package showing highlights from the first day of Ecobuild 2016.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Ecobuild 2016 - Practical BIM advice for Manufacturers ASSA ABLOY
Andy Stolworthy from ASSA ABLOY Ltd discusses Practical BIM Advice for Manufacturers in the presentation given as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Building the case for an improved economy through culture
Video of the 'Building the case for an improved economy through culture' presentation by Jonathan Ruffer, Chairman of the Auckland Castle Trust, delivered at the Art in Architecture event.
