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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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.
digital-transformation
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.
How building design changed after 9/11
Image: The new One World Trade Center building, made with high-performance concrete. John D. Morris, CC BY-SA
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
What construction jobs will look like when robots can build things
By 2034/35, almost 20% of Australians (6.2 million) are projected to be aged 65 or over. One sector already feeling the impact of the ageing population is construction. In Queensland, the number of ...
Digital TransformationAustralia
The cities of the future could be built by microbes
Image: Illustration of pressure sensing bacteria in soils from the ‘Computational Colloids Project’. Carolina Ramirez-Figuroa, Luis Hernan and Martyn Dade-Robertson, CC BY-SA
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Have your say in our EU Referendum Survey
Four months after UK’s referendum on our future in Europe, I would like to invite you to take part in a follow-up NBS survey about the future of our sector.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
BIM Level 2 - Was it worth it?
Six months after the Government’s deadline, how well is BIM Level 2 working in practice? And, with the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy's planned £15m investment in Level 3, ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Top 10 BIM myths debunked
Considering BIM implementation? Not sure who or what to believe? Don't let fear and falsehoods hold you back. Here we debunk 10 of the most common misconceptions around Building Information Modelling ...
Digital Transformation
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BS 8536-2:2016 Design and construction : Code of practice for asset management (Linear and geographical infrastructure)
Introducing BS 8536-2: 2016. The BIM Level 2 suite of documents now includes a code of practice for asset management.
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
What is the Common Data Environment (CDE)?
The common data environment (CDE) is a central repository where construction project information is housed. The contents of the CDE are not limited to assets created in a ‘BIM environment’ and it ...
Digital Transformation
Building Information Modelling: What information is in the model?
Probably one of the most frequently asked questions from anyone working on a BIM project is “How much information should be in my model, or how much information am I expected to provide?”
Digital Transformation
Clash detection in BIM
One of the key benefits of BIM is the ability to spot 'clashes' at an early stage in your project where they should be much easier, cheaper and less time consuming to rectify.
Digital Transformation
Digital Property: Open-Source Architecture
Digital Property: Open-Source Architecture Guest Edited by Wendy W Fok and Antoine Picon
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Everything you need to know about this year's Digital Construction Week
Get the lowdown on this year's Digital Construction Week, with everything you need to know on one handy page...
