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 ...
The false labelling of meat products (horsemeat being passed off as beef) has made the headlines recently in Europe, with repercussions from the UK to Romania. The food industry isn't the only one ...
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
This programme demonstrates how to deal with an employee whose unacceptable behaviour has resulted in potential loss of business, a falling out with other staff and a client who no longer wishes to deal with him.
This programme will cover a range of issues: from the basic explanation of PI and the differentiation between PI and other forms of professional insurance cover; to claims' case studies and examples of the type and extent of your professional duties and responsibilities and the extent of cover required.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been advocated for its potential delivery of more innovative, cost-efficient buildings through more integrated information and collaboration. Yet the inherent ...
In this series of role plays – based on real life experiences – we will examine a number of commonly encountered problems and will give you tips on how to deal with them.
Seperation of England and Wales Building regulation powers were devolved to Wales on 31 December 2011. The Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales (BRACW) will advise the Welsh Ministers on ...
Richard Waterhouse, CEO, NBS and RIBA Enterprises introduces the 2012 NBS Sustainability Survey...
The Government is committed to Building Information Modelling (BIM) and the use of open-standard data so that the construction industry can deliver greater value and be more efficient. The ...
To understand Uniclass2 let's start by considering what a classification system is. One of the simplest and most effective classification systems in use today is the system adopted by the dictionary. ...
In 2013 architects face uncertainty in volumes of work, but steadily increasing demand for more sustainability in outcomes, i.e. built environment projects that deliver economic and social value, and ...
As is well known, the Government wants the majority of its service providers to be using 3D BIM to what is known as Level 2 by April 2016. Level 2 requires the presentation of data in specific, ...
The one mantra that aptly describes the intention behind the introduction of statutory adjudication is 'pay first and argue later'. It captures the intention of parliament to ensure that cash flow in ...