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.
Explore the current state of sustainability in the UK construction industry based on the results from a comprehensive survey conducted by NBS.
The construction industry faces growing challenges when building on increasingly complex brownfield sites. Alongside the need for effective waterproofing, developers and contractors must now address ...
While the new building safety regime hasn’t fundamentally changed what requirements higher-risk buildings (HRBs) must meet to comply with the Building Regulations, it has significantly increased the ...
For architects and specifiers, flooring details can have a significant impact on the safety, accessibility, durability and overall performance of a building. Yet the technical considerations ...
As part of their ongoing publishing programme, the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) released the first batch of their ‘2016’ contracts towards the end of June 2016. This included the Minor Works (MW) ...
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Placing a CE Marking on a product means it has been declared as complying with all applicable regulations. The CE Marking of gas appliances is currently regulated by the EU Gas Appliances Directive ...
January February March April May June July August September October November December September 2017 5 to 7 September Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2017 Where? Liverpool Waterfront What? ...
NEC was last fully reviewed in 2005, and in the intervening 12 years, the producers have been gathering user feedback, leading to the 2017 launch of the NEC4 suite which has been updated and extended.
In a nutshell, lean construction is a team-led effort that, when successfully implemented and sustained, provides the means for workers to become more efficient and improve the quality of their work. ...
Noise exposure now accounts for more than a third of all cases of hearing loss in developed countries – and city dwellers are most at risk. A study published recently in The Lancet revealed that ...
What is the apprenticeship levy? From April 2017 funding of new apprenticeships will come from a apprenticeship levy on employers rather than taxpayers.
What is the NBS National BIM Survey? Over the last seven years the NBS National BIM Survey (and the resulting NBS National BIM Report) has become an essential resource for construction professionals ...
Last year NBS Research, working with the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), asked for your views on the Building Regulations Approved Documents (ADs).
Smart contracts are required to meet the needs of Digital Built Britain, whose report recommends that “The time has come for the construction sector to reform by seizing the opportunities offered by ...
What is Medium? Launched in 2012 by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, Medium is a publishing platform that features a uniform, minimalistic design that serves to put the writing in the spotlight.
What is a tender? A tender is a submission made by a prospective supplier of goods or services made in response to an invitation to tender.