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 ...
Commercial property landlords have a duty to maintain, repair and keep in good working order the common parts of the premises. The cost of meeting this obligation is recovered by the landlord through ...
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
The 2011 editions of the JCT contracts reflect amendments to the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration (HGCR) Act 1996 by Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction ...
Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction (LDEDC) Act 2009 amends the adjudication and payment provisions in Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration ...
This programme takes an in-depth look at three classic cases in law - Donoghue v Stevenson (1932), Hedley Byrne v Heller (1964) and Murphy v Brentwood District Council (1991) - that have a direct ...
Last year, the Institution of Civil Engineers officially endorsed the New Engineering Contract for all construction work in the UK and overseas.
The decision to create a Supreme Court for the United Kingdom was groundbreaking and controversial. How has it been deployed in terms of bricks, mortar and judging? This programme explores the ...
Many properties share boundaries, but in terms of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, what is the difference between a shared wall, ceiling, or even garden fence? And we discuss what works are covered by ...
Watch out for the village green! If you own, advise on, or are looking to acquire, land for development, then one of the legal issues you may need to consider is whether it is, or is at risk of being ...
Interviewed in the studio, Jonathan Small QC and Oliver Radley-Gardner of Falcon Chambers consider the important topics in current telecoms law. They discuss the issues surrounding the leasehold ...
Some practitioners appear to be unclear about certain breaches of planning control and the time limits that local authorities have for taking enforcement action to remedy them. The Localism Act 2011 ...
Over two decades, the NEC has evolved from a 'revolutionary' new form of contract to become a mainstream standard form contract which is particularly conducive to collaborative working and ...
We are regularly asked at NBS: "Do I need a contract for my project"?