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.
Berlin's Museum for Architectural Drawing
This new gallery for architectural drawings, designed by German/Russian practice SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov recently won the ar+d awards in the UK. It is a small 500m² gallery in Berlin, ...
Design and SpecificationVideo
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
New NBS National BIM Library website launched for designers
The NBS National BIM Library website has had a complete makeover. Find out how it helps designers and specifiers discover BIM content more easily.
Digital Transformation
What role should solar power play in solving the UK energy crisis?
Going off-grid was once the sign of a truly ‘deep green’ approach to life. But with the National Grid facing a capacity crunch this winter, changes in technology and a new UK Solar Strategy just ...
Sustainability
What architects can learn from designing with children
It makes perfect sense. If you need to design a new school or playground, who better to help than the children who are going to use it? Gradually, more architects and landscape designers are bringing ...
Design and Specification
Masonry specification in NBS Create
The August 2014 update to the masonry content in NBS Create brought with it a new, more flexible way to specify masonry systems and products. The new method differs significantly from the original ...
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Specifying masonry systems in NBS Create
The August 2014 update to the masonry content in NBS Create brought with it a new, more flexible way to specify masonry systems and products. The new method differs significantly from the original ...
Design and Specification
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One Angel Square
Designed by 3DReid and engineered by Buro Happold, the Co-op’s recently opened £100m headquarters in Manchester, 1 Angel Square, has a BREEAM ‘outstanding’ rating.
Design and SpecificationVideo
Energy efficiency and thermal comfort
This programme will present key research on the impact of energy efficiency strategies - such as the installation of insulation, draught-proofing and boiler upgrades - in low-income houses. It ...
SustainabilityVideo
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
Sustainable Drainage systems (SuDS) alleviate flooding and associated pollution during heavy or prolonged rainfall. Traditionally, surface water drainage has been combined with foul drainage in many ...
SustainabilityFlooding
Explainer: What is BIM and is it the future of construction?
Image: The new Royal Adelaide Hospital, due for completion in 2016, is being built using BIM. RoboSparrow/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA
Digital TransformationAustralia
Flood mitigation solutions in buildings (3/3)
Barely a year seems to pass nowadays without flooding being a feature of the national news. It is an emotive subject due to the degree of devastation it can cause – not only can severe flooding ...
SustainabilityClimate change
Flood mitigation solutions in buildings (2/3)
Barely a year seems to pass nowadays without flooding being a feature of the national news. It is an emotive subject due to the degree of devastation it can cause – not only can severe flooding ...
