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.
Explainer: What is BIM and is it the future of construction?
Image: The new Royal Adelaide Hospital, due for completion in 2016, is being built using BIM. RoboSparrow/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA
Digital TransformationAustralia
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Offering free high-quality downloadable BIM objects, both proprietary and generic, since its launch in 2012 the award-winning NBS National BIM Library has become an essential source of digital ...
Digital Transformation
BIM and the small practice
Each year, the NBS National BIM Report presents the findings, across the UK construction industry, regarding BIM attitudes and adoption. However, looking a little deeper at the findings, we can see ...
Digital Transformation
4 key points from the NBS National BIM Survey 2014
In the UK, through BIM, we are at the forefront of a significant change in how buildings are conceived, designed, built and maintained. This change has the potential to bring improved efficiencies ...
Digital TransformationNBS National BIM Report
BIM and CDM - a perfect fit?
The Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM) are currently under review, with a public consultation exercise having recently closed. The government proposal is to allow the Regulations to ...
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
The AIM 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 TransformationPAS 1192-2
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BIM Show Live 2014 - Review
Dr Stephen Hamil, Director of Design and Innovation at NBS, gives his thoughts on BIM Show Live 2014... There was a strong NBS presence at the fourth annual BIM Show Live 2014. This year the location ...
Digital Transformation
NBS International BIM Report 2013
The first International BIM Survey, carried out by NBS and international partners, has revealed that UK consultants who do not adopt Building Information Modelling (BIM) could struggle to secure ...
Digital TransformationNBS National BIM Report
Generic Mechanical and Electrical BIM Objects for the NBS National BIM Library
The NBS National BIM Library have now published a number of generic mechanical and electrical BIM objects. These will help building services engineers visualise their designs and implications at ...
Digital Transformation
NBS survey sheds light on BIM platform usage
Ahead of this year’s BIM software updates, NBS explores the current software in use and the likelihood of upgrading to the latest version.
Digital Transformation
NBS National BIM Library User Day 2013
Towards the end of 2013, NBS held a research day with many of the construction industry's leading BIM advocates to review the NBS National BIM Library and determine its next steps. The day was ...
Digital Transformation
BIM in action presentation
In November 2013 Dr Stephen Hamil, Director of Design and Innovation at NBS, chaired the annual Institution of Mechanical Engineers conference on BIM. Stephen gave a pragmatic look at BIM examining ...
