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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.

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    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.

National BIM Report 2016

The National BIM Report 2016 is the most comprehensive analysis of the state of BIM within the UK construction sector.

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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.

Comment : No more 'pseudo BIM' please

Ralph Montague, a qualified architect and Managing Partner at ArcDox , argues that "pseudo BIM" is having a negative effect at precisely the time we should be encouraging true BIM adoption...

Digital Transformation

BIM Level 2 website goes live to support Government mandate

A website that will act as a repository of best practice standards when it comes to helping Government and the construction industry achieve value and efficiencies throughout the project lifecycle ...

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Using the NBS BIM workflow on the Old Post Office refurb

We recently partnered with Soluis to produce a video showcasing how all NBS BIM solutions come together to form an integrated and cohesive workflow across the project lifecycle.

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Ecobuild 2016 - bsi's BIM solutions

Andy Butterfield, Global Head of Construction and Product Certification looks at BSI's role in supporting BIM, its range of certification and training solutions.

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Ecobuild 2016 : Digital Building Learning Hub Programme - The slides

Here we round up presentations from the ‘Digital Building Theatre’ a feature area sponsored by Wavin and curated by NBS, bringing together content and innovation around three key themes of ‘Digital ...

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Ecobuild 2016 - The Future of BIM

Richard Waterhouse, CEO NBS/ RIBA Enterprises explores the future of BIM in this presentation as part of the Digital Building Theatre progamme at Ecobuild 2016.

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Ecobuild 2016 - Day 3

Andy Butterfield, Global Head of Construction and Product Certification looks at BSI's role in supporting BIM, its range of certification and training solutions.

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Ecobuild 2016 - Day 2

The second day of Ecobuild 2016 proved just as popular and just as packed as the first as exhibitors and speakers across the construction industry converged on London's vast ExCeL arena.

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Ecobuild 2016 - Putting BIM at the heart of small practice

David Miller, from David Miller Architects, shares his journey putting BIM at the heart of his practice as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.

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Ecobuild 2016 - Day 1

Watch a video package showing highlights from the first day of Ecobuild 2016.

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Ecobuild 2016 - An Introduction to BIM for Manufacturers

Ian Chapman, Director of the NBS National BIM Library provides an introduction to BIM for a manufacturer audience in this presentation produced as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at ...

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