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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 ...
Manufacturers looking to make it easy for designers and specifiers were able to get expert advice, courtesy of NBS at BIM Show Live. Designers and specifiers were also find out just how to use ...
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Mark (pictured centre) with NBS CEO Richard Waterhouse (right) and NBS Director of Research and Innovation, Dr Stephen Hamil (left) joined the team at NBS for breakfast on Friday 27 January.
Uniclass 2015 is a dynamic classification for the construction industry. Our latest update features minor changes to six core tables in response to user requests.
The strategy will deliver reductions in whole-life costs and carbon emissions, while improving productivity and capacity by using intelligent building information models, sensing technology and ...
The term soft landings refers to a strategy designed to make an easy transition from the construction to occupation phases of a project with the overriding aim of realising optimal operational ...
Last time we looked at Exploring the NBS BIM object standard - Functional, this time we delve into the guidance relating to Section 5: Metadata Requirements.
Last time we looked at Exploring the NBS BIM object standard - Geometry, this time we delve into the guidance relating to Section 4: Geometry Requirements.
BIM Show Live is back for 2017 and you can secure your tickets at an exclusive discounted price.
This article is part of the Getting started with BIM series brought to you in association with Graphisoft.
What is it about this thing called BIM? Here we are, at the end of the year in which the UK government BIM mandate was implemented. Six years after Paul Morrell’s BIM Strategy was outlined and five ...
This article is part of the Getting started with BIM series brought to you in association with Graphisoft.
Uncertainty has been the watchword for 2016.