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.
COBie and Beyond
COBie stands for Construction Operations Building Information Exchange, and is concerned with the organization and structuring of information. This is information that is essential not only to the ...
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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.
PPC: The natural home for BIM and collaborative working
Partnering, both on single and multiple projects, has delivered exceptional results, but it requires planning and depends on changes in behaviour that many people find challenging. Collaborative ...
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BIM for all - dummies or not!
What is BIM? A quick internet search brings to mind an old tale...
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Learning lessons
One of the most important aspects of getting to understand how BIM works is to see what happens when you use it on a real project. Obviously, there are quite a few jobs that are now up and running ...
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What does 'Government Soft Landings' mean?
Government Soft Landings (GSL) : The term "soft landing" already exists in some parts of the construction industry and to a lot of people only reflects the need for a smooth transition from the ...
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BIM opportunities - Part 8: Is BIM worth it?
A variety of speakers – covering architectural practitioners, advisers, designers, academics, contractors (in UK and USA) and engineers, etc – answer a range of questions on BIM to explain the ...
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The NBS BIM Roundtable Legal Discussion: July 2013. Part 1: CIC BIM Protocol
In July 2013 RIBA Enterprises gathered together experts from various disciplines involved in the construction industry, to debate the development of legal documentation in response to the increasing ...
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The NBS BIM Roundtable Legal Discussion: July 2013. Part 3: Construction, Post Construction and Future Outlook
In July 2013 RIBA Enterprises gathered together experts from various disciplines involved in the construction industry, to debate the development of legal documentation in response to the increasing ...
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The NBS BIM Roundtable Legal Discussion: July 2013. Part 2: Technology, Procurement Methods and Processes
In July 2013 RIBA Enterprises gathered together experts from various disciplines involved in the construction industry, to debate the development of legal documentation in response to the increasing ...
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BIM for the Terrified
BIM for the Terrified is a guide to Building Information Modelling (BIM). Its aim is to provide a good understanding of BIM, explain how BIM has evolved over the years and reasons behind the ...
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IFC - Is it simply misunderstood?
The issue of interoperability is becoming more apparent as we begin to use more pieces of software, but how we integrate information has always sparked commentary and divided opinion. Here Stefan ...
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Record and operational BIMs
John Gelder, Head of content development and sustainability, contributed a chapter on BIM and FM to the new guide, BIM for the Terrified. This article is an extended version of that chapter.
