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 ...
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.
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
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 ...
Great Britain is in a housing crisis. Everywhere you look, some version of that headline is making the rounds. In some places, it’s a daily conversation. Of course, as we all know, it’s not just a ...
Data has the power to revolutionise and disrupt the way societies are governed. None more so than open data, which is free to access, free to use and can be shared by anyone. It’s non-personal and ...
Our Periodic Table of BIM is your at-a-glance guide to the steps you need to take to ensure a successful BIM implementation.
Revised guidelines have now come into force to ensure health and safety breaches are fairly and proportionately punished.
The UK floods caused by Storm Desmond in the first week of December 2015 were devastating on both sides of the Pennines. A record-breaking 341mm of rain fell in 24 hours, and 405mm in 48 hours – ...
Great Britain is in a housing crisis. Everywhere you look, some version of that headline is making the rounds. In some places, it’s a daily conversation. Of course, as we all know, it’s not just a ...
Ecobuild has partnered with NBS, the knowledge management arm of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), to create a dedicated Digital Building Theatre at this year’s event. The theatre ...
Ecobuild 2016 presents a mix of suppliers that offer thousands of new and innovative products and services as well as offering a programme set to inspire, educate and solve your every day challenges. ...
NBS is carrying out research for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). It is about the Building Regulations Approved Documents (ADs), in particular: Part B (Fire Safety) Part M ...
It’s estimated that over 50 million litres (or 71,500 tonnes) of decorative paint goes to waste in the UK every year with each household holding on to an average of six cans of paint.