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.
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A specifier’s guide to BREEAM New Construction V7
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.
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Designing sustainability into construction – proof over promises in sustainable construction
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 ...
Construction Products
Dulux Trade launches new solution for high-humidity spaces
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, ...
digital-transformation
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 ...
Making the switch to BIM
This article is part of the Getting started with BIM series brought to you in association with Graphisoft.
Digital TransformationGetting started with BIM
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Exploring the NBS BIM Object Standard - Geometry Requirements
Last time we looked at Section 2: Information Requirements, this time we delve into the guidance relating to Section 3: Geometry Requirements.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
The construction industry's wishlist for 2017
Predictions are always notoriously difficult. This year they are trickier than ever. The UK is getting to grips with what Brexit will mean. Uncertainty persists and that’s likely continue in 2017 and ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
The NBS BIG BIM Crossword
Print this page and get your writing implement of choice at the ready, set to tackle the grid of BIM-fuelled dreams..
Digital TransformationNBS Annual 2017
The top Medium posts about construction you need to read
What is Medium? Launched in 2012 by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, Medium is a publishing platform that features a uniform, minimalistic design that serves to put the writing in the spotlight.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
EU referendum survey (Q4 2016) - The findings
The effects of the Brexit decision are still unfolding.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
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Exploring the NBS BIM Object Standard - Information Requirements
Last time we looked at Section 1: General Requirements, this time we delve into the guidance relating to Section 2: Information Requirements.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Five things we learnt at Autodesk University 2016
Autodesk's conference for those who design, build, make and create has drawn to a close, bringing the curtain down on a packed three day programme at The Venetian in Las Vegas, USA.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Exploring the NBS BIM Object Standard - General Requirements
Last time we looked at what the standard is and why standardisation is so important, this time we delve into the guidance relating to Section 1: General requirements.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Design Engineering Refocused
Design Engineering Refocused Hanif Kara, Daniel Bosia
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
How to ensure smart cities benefit everyone
Technology has the power to help people live in communities that are more responsive to their needs and that can actually improve their lives. For example, Beijing, notorious for air pollution, is ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Exploring the NBS BIM Object Standard
In the first part of a new series we explore what the standard is and why standardisation is so important.