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
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 ...
Construction Products
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, ...
digital-transformation
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 ...
Common Data Environments
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
The latest changes to Uniclass 2015 include updates to the Entities, Spaces, Systems and Product tables.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
ISO 19650 Q&A with Paul Shillcock
1. What do those companies who have already aligned their business processes to the UK 1192 series need to know about the transition to the ISO 19650 series? That it’s business as usual and they ...
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
Digital transformation: it's about people and technology
As we progress in this fourth industrial age, technology is fundamentally changing the way that we live and work, and is determining how businesses and industries grow and innovate. The UK ...
Digital TransformationClassification
Video: ISO 19650 - A global opportunity
Following the publishing of the ISO 19650 series of standards for BIM, we invited Paul Shillcock to NBS HQ to present to the North East BIM community.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
From BS 1192 to ISO 19650 and everything in between
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
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A Digital Future for the Construction Industry
Construction and Technology Arguably the biggest external factor influencing the construction industry is the world’s rising population. A recent World Economic Forum publication on the future of ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
BIM Alliance Top take aways from 2018
Progression of BIM adoption and how it’s improving The NBS National BIM Report 2018 told us that almost three quarters of respondents are now using BIM, a 12% increase on 2017 which was the highest ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Uniclass 2015 - October 2018 update
This is the latest in the updating programme and includes updates to five tables. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing number of individuals and organisations using the tables, to ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
What is COBie?
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Digital TransformationCOBie
New NBS survey to map digital technologies
Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
The problems with the construction industry - and how digitisation can help
In the NBS Discover events, we saw a number of innovations in how construction information can be collaboratively created, managed and shared, through the life of a building.