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.
Discover how specification can support BREEAM New Construction V7, with practical guidance from NBS and BRE on assessment requirements, evidence and more sustainable project outcomes.
With tightening regulations and growing client demand, the construction industry is under increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable progress against carbon reduction targets. For specifiers, that ...
Because of how they are used, kitchens and bathrooms experience more moisture, more contact, and more ongoing maintenance. Standard emulsions are not designed for this level of use. Over time, ...
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 ...
A federated model is a combined Building Information Model that has been compiled by amalgamating several different models into one (or importing one model into another).
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source.
Influential reports as far back as the 1930s have highlighted the problems inherent in the construction industry but it wasn’t until 2011 that they proffered a solution that could deliver the step ...
Following implementation by Crossrail’s contractor Laing O’Rourke, which saw Soluis’ In-Site AR asset management tool demonstrate its benefits and feasibility onsite, Soluis is now developing the ...
Construction is a 'team sport' with a multitude of different disciplines coming together (at various stages) to work on the delivery of a project.
The construction industry is on a mission. A mission to get better project outcomes. A mission fuelled by better communication and sharing of information.
Digital Construction Week returns to the Capital for a two-day event on 18 and 19 October.
The CIC Building Information Model (BIM) Protocol - Standard Protocol for use in projects using Building Information Models was published by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) in 2013.
The construction industry’s inefficiencies are well documented. Too much time, money and resource is often spent in exchange for far too little in return. The painful truth is that industry often ...
This September a range of spaces and places normally off-limits to the general public fling open their doors. If you're coming to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne to check out the Old Post Office, home to NBS, why not take in some of these other top attractions?
This July issue is the next in the three-monthly Uniclass 2015 updating programme. The Uniclass 2015 tables were last updated in April 2017. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing number ...
Think you're a bit of a BIM expert? Know your DPOW from your EIR and your PIM from your PIP? Prove it by scoring top marks in our latest quiz.