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Sustainability
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 ...
Presenting product information fit for BIM
Architects have been delivering construction information, drawings and specifications for centuries, so why now the focus on the importance of ‘data’? What has changed? The emergence of BIM and VDC ...
Digital TransformationSurveys
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
The impact of BIM on product selection throughout the project timeline
Who chooses products? When and how do they do it? David Bain, Research Manager at NBS explores how to put your products at the heart of the project timeline.
Digital TransformationSurveys
EU Referendum Survey - the findings
On 23 June, the UK electorate expressed its desire to leave the EU. What this means for the construction industry generally, and for the design profession in particular, is unclear.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Mugs for mugshots
Time's running out to grab an exclusive limited edition Periodic Table of BIM mug! Stefan Mordue is a man who lives in a world of BIM-fuelled colour. As architect of the Periodic Table of BIM, the ...
Digital Transformation
EU Referendum Survey
Following the UK’s referendum on our future in Europe, I would like to invite you to take part in an NBS survey about what the result means for our sector.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
The interactive Periodic Table of BIM
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Digital TransformationPeriodic Table of BIM series
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£10,000 bounty for digital solutions to cone zone catastrophes
The average British motorist is said to spend 30 hours a year stuck in traffic. Staring at the snarl up ahead it’s only natural that drivers start to question whose bright idea the works were and why ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Still time to nominate your Principal Designer of the Year
As we've discovered in our recent series looking at changes to the Construction Design and Management regulations, the Principal Designer plays a crucial role when it comes to influencing how risks ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Student expectations shaping university estates
Universities are inexorably linked with the myriad of buildings and locations that make up their estate. Whether it’s the quadrangles of Cambridge or the Brutalist concrete of the environmental ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Digital Construction Week on the right tracks
Digital Construction Week is set to return this October and organisers are working with the teams behind some of the biggest construction and infrastructure projects the UK has ever seen, with ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Charter for steel construction BIM compliance launched
British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) steelwork contractors are now able to demonstrate compliance with Level 2 Building Information Modelling (BIM) with the launch of the Steel ...
Digital TransformationConstruction Products
Introducing the Periodic Table of BIM
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Digital TransformationNational BIM Report 2016 articles