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.
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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.
Uniclass 2015 - July 2017 update
This July issue is the next in the three-monthly Uniclass 2015 updating programme. The Uniclass 2015 tables were last updated in April 2017. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing number ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
The April 2017 Update features minor changes to seven tables in response to user requests, respecting the need for a period of stability and minimum change to assist adoption of the Uniclass 2015 ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Uniclass 2015 - January 2017 update
Uniclass 2015 is a dynamic classification for the construction industry. Our latest update features minor changes to six core tables in response to user requests.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
NBS and open standards for BIM
At NBS we are committed to supporting open standards for BIM. Furthermore, we have been one of the most active organisations in the UK involved in developing these standards and encouraging their ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
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
Uniclass 2: An update
Tables out for comment At the time of writing, Uniclass2 tables at www.cpic.org.uk/uniclass2 are still out for comment, strictly speaking, and have been since early 2012. We (CPI and NBS) receive ...
UniclassClassification
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OmniClass™: a critique
It has been suggested by some that, rather than developing or implementing Uniclass2, we in the UK should switch to OmniClass, used in North America. John Gelder, Head of content development and ...
Classification
A picture paints a thousand words
BIM objects are much more than just graphical representations. Using them as placeholder to connect to a wider source of information provides for a powerful and rich source of information. Here ...
Digital TransformationClassification
A word on BIM, Uniclass and more
Listen to what our in-house specialists think about BIM, Uniclass and much more.
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NBS National BIM Library: why you cannot afford to ignore this BIM resource
As part of the series of BITESized talks at the RIBA Village auditorium at Ecobuild 2013, Dr Stephen Hamil of RIBA Enterprises discusses the NBS National BIM Library.
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New draft of Uniclass 2 has been published
The Construction Project Information committee , responsible for the UK standard construction information classification system, published Uniclass2 Beta Classification Tables on Friday 1 March 2013 ...
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The buildingSMART Data Dictionary
In his role as buildingSMART UK director, NBS Head of Specification Ian Chapman recently attended a meeting to discuss the buildingSMART Data Dictionary, and here's a brief introduction to what the ...
