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.
standards-and-regulations
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.
Uniclass 2015 - July 2019 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015, and includes updates to eleven tables.
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.
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015 and includes updates to seven tables, and the publication of two new tables.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Uniclass 2015 - January 2019 update
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
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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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
Uniclass 2015 - August 2018 update
The August issue is the latest in the Uniclass 2015 updating programme. The Uniclass 2015 tables were last updated in April 2018. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing number of ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Uniclass 2015 - April 2018 update
The April issue was the latest in the three-monthly Uniclass 2015 updating programme. The Uniclass 2015 tables were last updated in January 2018. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Standards explained: Part two
CEN CEN is the European committee for standardisation who brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. It is one of three bodies (CENELEC and ETSI) that have been ...
Standards and Regulations
Standards explained: Part one, British Standards
UK standards British standards (BS and CP) There are seven types of British standards defined in BS 0 (A standard for standards – Principles of standardization):
Standards and Regulations
Uniclass 2015 - January 2018 update
The Uniclass 2015 tables were last updated in October 2017 shortly after the Project Management was published. Between updates, we liaise regularly with a growing number of individuals and ...
