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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product-update
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.
product-update
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.
Top 5 webinars of 2021
Over the last year, we’ve hosted a wide range of webinars covering everything you need to know about the construction industry.
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.
Five reasons to use NBS even when you don't have projects
Getting more from your NBS subscription Although NBS Chorus is about helping you work on your projects more efficiently and effectively, your subscription comes with many more features that you can ...
Design and SpecificationNBS Source
Holistic Specification of Materials
Earlier this year, NBS hosted a webinar on the theme of holistic specification of materials, presented by Taleen Josefsson, Thrive Project Leader at Chetwoods. In this article, Taleen provides ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Three reasons why NBS Chorus Pro is the right choice for your projects
Background NBS Chorus includes the essential features needed to produce high-quality specifications in the cloud. The Chorus Pro level of subscription includes an enhanced set of features which ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Specification: A living document, golden thread, and essential to digital project success.
As seen in this specification example, specification plays a crucial role in every successful project, providing a clear representation of the built asset and creating a continuous, thorough, ...
Design and SpecificationConstruction Products
NBS Chorus specification content for use in Ireland
Preliminaries - Contracts There are several contracts suitable for use in Ireland and we support four contracts published by RIAI and four published by the Irish Office of Government Procurement.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
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Death Star Specification 101
Before starting your Death Star specification. It is essential to set the scene with music. Every villain needs a theme tune...right? Things you will need Specification writing software – might we ...
Design and SpecificationUniclass
NBS Chorus for NBS Create users
Planning for NBS Create retirement From experience of working with many NBS Create customers, NBS can recommend a set of key steps to consider as the retirement of NBS Create software approaches and, ...
Design and SpecificationUniclass
A coordinated approach to specification for clients
1. What clients need No two clients are the same, and each will have requirements specific to their own business needs. However, there is also much commonality across all projects and all sectors.
Design and SpecificationProduct update
Three reasons to collaborate on a specification
We recently hosted a webinar, Collaborative Specification Writing, featuring insights from NBS Innovation Director, Dr Stephen Hamil, NBS Head of Manufacturer Solutions, Lee Jones, and manufacturers ...
RIBA Plan of WorkProduct update
Five Essential Webinars for Lockdown 3.0
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to adapt last year, we moved our events offering entirely online. As part of that move, we rolled out an extensive range of webinars throughout 2020 with ...
RIBA Plan of WorkProduct update
Pricing specifications and drawings for small works
1. The contract documents When working on basic construction projects, where the work is of a simple nature, then typically this work will be undertaken using a ‘small works’ standard form ...
