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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health-and-safety
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.
health-and-safety
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.
The Building Safety Act and specification
The Building Safety Act (BSA) is a crucial piece of legislation that imposes specific requirements on duty holders (building owners, managers, designers, contractors and occupants) regarding the ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Building Safety Act implications for mechanical and electrical engineers
Introduction The Building Safety Act (BSA) came into force in England and Wales in October this year. This new legislation directly results from the findings published within the Hackitt report and ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
A look back at the NBS Construction Leaders’ Summit 2023
With over 250 architects, engineers, contractors and manufacturers joining us in person, the 2023 summit was our largest ‘in-person’ event since before COVID-19. NBS CEO Russell Haworth kicked off ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Building control regime for higher-risk buildings – gateway 2, gateway 3 and the ‘golden thread’
The enactment of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) is one of the most fundamental changes to construction in decades. This article is the second in a series looking at what the new regime means for ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
The Building Safety Act and its implications for specifiers and manufacturers
Introduction The enactment of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) is one of the most fundamental changes to construction in decades. Much has been written about the Act and the detail of how it will ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Building Safety Act 2022: Key publications and guidance
The new building safety regime is now here. The Building Safety Act and associated secondary legislation has changed the way the industry design and constructs buildings. Key publications and ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
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Irresistible force meets immovable object – construction and the Building Safety Act
What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? No one knows but, in construction, we are about to find out. The industry is the epitome of immovable object – full of inertia and ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
How design and specification can help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals
September 2023 marks eight years since the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) were adopted globally. The schema, which comprises 17 goals, focuses on a holistic approach to ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Sustainability: An NBS guide to combating light pollution
Light pollution is an unwanted by-product of artificial light. It's most problematic in urban settings where artificial light sources exist en masse.
Design and SpecificationHealth and Safety
8 key takeaways from CLS 2021 for Specifiers
The Construction Leaders’ Summit: Building for the Future was another fascinating and informative conference from NBS, with hundreds of professionals from across the sector hearing from more than 20 ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Post-Brexit conformity marking and designated standards; how the new rules affect you
In this article, we look at the new conformity marking protocols and where they apply. We also explore some of the new terminology and rules and clarify what products need new marking and when. We ...
