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.
contracts-and-law
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.
JCT Contracts 2016 and NBS - an update
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) ...
Contracts and LawJCT Contracts 2016
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Gas Appliance Directive to be replaced by Gas Appliance Regulation
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 ...
Standards and RegulationsContracts and Law
The construction industry expos and conferences you have to attend in 2017
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? ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
NEC4 Contracts and NBS. What's new?
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.
Standards and RegulationsContracts and Law
What is lean construction?
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. ...
Contracts and Law
Noise exposure and hearing loss
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 ...
Standards and RegulationsHealth and Safety
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The apprenticeship levy and the construction industry
What is the apprenticeship levy? From April 2017 funding of new apprenticeships will come from a apprenticeship levy on employers rather than taxpayers.
Standards and RegulationsStudents
Five trends to watch in the NBS National BIM Survey 2017
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 ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
NBS research finds users value Approved Documents
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).
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Why construction needs smart contracts
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 ...
Contracts and Law
The top Medium posts about construction you need to read
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.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
How not to fall foul of the private sector tender process
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.
