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.
Getting around the new theNBS.com
Welcome to the new theNBS.com site.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Feed-in tariffs: Solar scheme changes from January 2016
The government has moved to slash renewable energy subsidies with a significant cut to the feed-in-tariff (FIT) from January 2016.
SustainabilityHeating
The latest BIM objects at your fingertips in the NBS National BIM Library
The NBS National BIM Library just keeps getting better and now offers a new way to keep track of your favourite objects and those objects you’ve downloaded - making it easier than ever to ensure ...
Digital Transformation
Creating the 'smart cities' of the future
The prospect of the ‘city of the future’ has long tantalised designers, writers and film makers alike. From the utopian ideals of the Italian Futurists to the dystopian rain-drenched canyons of ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Your step-by-step guide to getting BIM-ready for 2016
All centrally-procured public sector construction projects will require the implementation of BIM at Level 2 from 4 April 2016. But where to begin when it comes to considering how best to implement ...
Digital Transformation
NBS National BIM Survey 2016 now open
With just months to go before the mandated use of Level 2 BIM on all public-sector projects, NBS are looking to find out more about the industry's awareness and use of BIM.
Digital TransformationNBS National BIM Report
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Education sector celebrates sustainability success stories at Green Gown Awards
The best sustainability initiatives across the tertiary education sector have been celebrated at the 11th annual Green Gown Awards.
Sustainability
Implementing a security-minded BIM approach
The benefits of collaborative working are transforming the architecture, construction and engineering industries beyond recognition. However, with an increasing reliance on digital systems and ...
Digital Transformation
Confidence on UK infrastructure high but still much to do
A new report has found business leaders are optimistic when it comes to the development of UK infrastructure – at least in the short term.
Surveys
Expo success will see Scotland Build return
Scotland Build will return in 2016 after a successful two-day exhibition and conference last month. The event, held at Glasgow’s SECC, saw more than 125 exhibitors demonstrate their latest products, ...
National Construction Contracts and Law Survey 2015
NBS has revealed the results of its third major survey into construction contracts and related legal issues.
Digital TransformationContracts and Law
Retrofit insulation (2/2)
Introduction Besides the continual drive to build new dwellings to ever most stringent thermal performance requirements, running in tandem is the push to improve the existing building stock. This ...
