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.
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.
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Sustainability is arguably the most expansive strategy in the RIBA Plan of Work 2020.
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
The increasing frequency for as-built point cloud scans as part of the delivery of a project is a sign that clients are no longer willing to rely on design models unchecked and issued as record ...
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to five tables.
In April 2020 Dale Sinclair, Director of Technical Practice at AECOM gave a presentation giving an overview to the RIBA Plan of Work 2020. Following the session, a number of questions were raised by ...
In difficult times, it is very easy to look at cutting back on what might be regarded as non-core expenditure. Training usually stops with marketing, with sales support also being seen as one of the ...
1. Background The specifiers that use NBS want to create a built environment that is safe and inclusive, and has sustainable outcomes. NBS helps specifiers meet this challenge through delivering ...
Cloud-based: Chorus is based entirely online, meaning you can access it anywhere. Whether you’re in the office, your home office, or the living room couch, all you need is an internet connection and ...
In what seems like just a few weeks, the world has changed. We face a threat, the likes of which we have rarely seen. Governments are taking drastic actions to limit the spread of the virus to ...
Background This article illustrates how a specifier can use NBS Chorus to collaborate with a manufacturer to produce a complex specification.
The Building Safety Bill is being developed as part of the new safety regime to prevent any events similar to the Grenfell Tower disaster, which killed 72 people in 2017. It will overhaul existing ...
Here’s a question for you, a quick thought-experiment: What is the first product you can think of that you know millions of people will still be buying and consuming in ten years from now?
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015, and includes updates to ten tables.