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.
Noise distracts: How acoustic design improves workplace productivity
Noisy phone calls, loud typing, disruptive cleaning, constant office gossip… there’s no end to the cacophony of sounds that can be a distraction at work. Acoustic design is sometimes assumed to only ...
Design and SpecificationConstruction Products
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Ask the specification experts: your questions answered
We recently hosted a webinar where our panel of industry experts answered your questions about everything to do with specification. Tina Pringle, Director of Technical Information, Dr Stephen Hamil, ...
Design and Specification
NBS sample specifications – Uniclass or CAWS classification
Recently at NBS we have made a full set of sample specifications available to download in both Uniclass and CAWS (Common Arrangement of Work Sections) format.
Design and SpecificationUniclass
NBS in 2022: Key highlights
After another busy year, we wanted to reflect on some of the key highlights of 2022.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
NBS’s launch of the US Master Specification (USMS) library
1. NBS - a global platform When launching NBS Chorus in 2019, we set out to create a best-in-class specification platform that worked with pre-written content libraries for building projects around ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Sustainable housing
Defining sustainable development There are two widely-accepted definitions of what constitutes sustainable development:
Design and SpecificationSustainability
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Sustainable Outcomes and Building Services Engineering
NBS is the official specification and product data partner of CIBSE. The partnership brings together a wealth of information, content, and resources from both organisations, providing support ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
New in development - NBS Chorus Designer
1. Better coordinated design and specification One of the most popular features of NBS Chorus is the ability to plug the platform into design tools such as Autodesk Revit, Graphisoft Archicad or ...
Design and SpecificationProduct update
Five practical tips on coordinating project information and specifications
This article is from the RIBA Construction Contracts and Law Report 2022. It has been reproduced for the NBS website with added illustrations showing how NBS tools can be used to address the ...
Design and SpecificationNBS Source
RIBA Plan of Work
The RIBA Plan of Work This is part of a series of articles looking at The Digital Plan of Work
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Level of detail (LOD) and digital plans of work
This is part of a series of articles looking at The Digital Plan of Work
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Specification development and digital plans of work
This is part of a series of articles looking at The Digital Plan of Work
