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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design-and-specification
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.
design-and-specification
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.
Student expectations shaping university estates
Universities are inexorably linked with the myriad of buildings and locations that make up their estate. Whether it’s the quadrangles of Cambridge or the Brutalist concrete of the environmental ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Straw bale construction first came to prominence in the mid-19th century in the USA as a cheap indigenous building material, and has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years as an ecological alternative ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Digital Construction Week on the right tracks
Digital Construction Week is set to return this October and organisers are working with the teams behind some of the biggest construction and infrastructure projects the UK has ever seen, with ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
'New tradesmen' are the future of UK construction
Research by construction industry insurers AXA reveals that a new generation of tradesmen and women is arising. Far from being short on skills, these younger people are bringing a greater diversity ...
Design and SpecificationVR and AR
Fire extinguisher types - How to choose, identify, maintain and use firefighting equipment
The catastrophic consequences of fire taking hold cannot be underestimated. Taking time to develop a robust risk assessment and identifying the most suitable firefighting equipment is likely to be ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Top 10 UK smart cities named - London and Bristol leading the way
London and Bristol are Britain’s leading “smart cities”, according to new research commissioned by Huawei UK and conducted by Navigant Consulting.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
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How your garden could help stop your city flooding
Urban flooding represents the most common yet severe environmental threat to cities and towns worldwide. Future changes in rainfall extremes are likely to increase this threat, even in areas that ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Student design awards put safety first
The Association for Project Safety (APS) has announced the launch of its ninth National CDM and Student Designer Awards. The prestigious annual event will take place on Thursday 27 October at the ...
Design and SpecificationHealth and Safety
Ecobuild 2016 - bsi's BIM solutions
Andy Butterfield, Global Head of Construction and Product Certification looks at BSI's role in supporting BIM, its range of certification and training solutions.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Ecobuild 2016 : Digital Building Learning Hub Programme - The slides
Here we round up presentations from the ‘Digital Building Theatre’ a feature area sponsored by Wavin and curated by NBS, bringing together content and innovation around three key themes of ‘Digital ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Fire safety design
Designing for fire safety in construction can be a complex subject. Successive revisions to the Building Regulations over the past 30 years have tightened up rules and learned lessons from notable ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Ecobuild 2016 - The Future of BIM
Richard Waterhouse, CEO NBS/ RIBA Enterprises explores the future of BIM in this presentation as part of the Digital Building Theatre progamme at Ecobuild 2016.
