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.
Ecobuild 2016 - BIM Through the Project Timeline
Dr Stephen Hamil from NBS looks at how a combination of standardised content and process mixed with technology can result in efficiency and accuracy savings in this presentation, given as part of the ...
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.
Examplars of buildings where culture is at the core
Video of the 'Exemplars of buildings where culture is at the core and artists have been involved as part of the early design process' presentation by Peter Buchan, Senior Partner, Ryder Architecture, ...
VideoArt in Architecture event
Ecobuild 2016 - The CUBE
Slides from The CUBE presentations delivered as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016. Here Boris Bresciani, BIM and Vectorworks Evangelist sets out to explore and ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Redesign of the Old Post Office Building
Video of the 'Redesign of the Old Post Office Building, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne' presentation by Richard Waterhouse, Chief Executive NBS/ RIBA Enterprises, delivered at the Art in Architecture event.
VideoNBS Old Post Office Refurb
Ecobuild 2016 - Analogue to Digital
Rob Manning and David Philp both presented this presentation focussing on the journey from Analogue to Digital as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Art, architecture and the city
Video of the 'Art, achitecture and the city' presentation by Giles Smith, Founder, Assemble - 2015 Turner Prize Winner, delivered at the Art in Architecture event.
VideoArt in Architecture event
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Don't miss this year's Ecobuild
There’s still time to get your free tickets for this year’s Ecobuild which takes place from 8 to 10 March at the ExCeL in London.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Ecobuild 2016 : Digital Building Learning Hub Programme
Ecobuild 2016 will see the launch of ‘Digital Building’ a feature area sponsored by Wavin and curated by NBS, bringing together content and innovation around three key themes of ‘Digital Design, ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
The Periodic Table Groupings: Explained
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Digital TransformationPeriodic Table of BIM series
Uniclass 2015 - an update
What is Uniclass 2015? Uniclass 2015 is a unified classification system for the UK industry covering all construction sectors. It contains consistent tables classifying items of all scales from a ...
Digital TransformationUniclass
Top tools for online collaboration
It’s not just BIM projects that encourage and benefit from greater collaboration. Whatever your profession, chances are your projects have taken on a more collaborative feel over the past few years.
New build homes to get superfast broadband
The Government has worked with Openreach - BT’s local access network business - and the Home Builders Federation (HBF) on an agreement which aims to deliver superfast broadband connectivity to new ...
