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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 ...

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    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, ...

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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 ...

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
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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