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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standards-and-regulations
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.
Should Britain build on its green spaces to solve the housing crisis?
Back in the 1930s, English planners came up with a novel idea to prevent urban sprawl: a ring of countryside surrounding the city, protected from development by law. This “green belt” would preserve ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Uniclass 2015 is a dynamic classification for the construction industry. Our latest update features minor changes to six core tables in response to user requests.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Heat in non-domestic buildings: Help unlock carbon and bill savings
The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) sees significant potential for savings from heat, cooling and energy efficiency within the different non-domestic sectors (public, ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Windows, glass, glazing - a brief history
Windows From our earliest times, the need for light has been central to our needs as humans. Letting light into a cave or crude structure allowed its inhabitants to better perform tasks and navigate ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
The top Medium posts about construction you need to read
What is Medium? Launched in 2012 by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, Medium is a publishing platform that features a uniform, minimalistic design that serves to put the writing in the spotlight.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Have your say in our EU Referendum Survey
Four months after UK’s referendum on our future in Europe, I would like to invite you to take part in a follow-up NBS survey about the future of our sector.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
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BS 8536-2:2016 Design and construction : Code of practice for asset management (Linear and geographical infrastructure)
Introducing BS 8536-2: 2016. The BIM Level 2 suite of documents now includes a code of practice for asset management.
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
An employer's guide to personal protective equipment
What is PPE? PPE is a catch-all term that refers to a range of equipment designed to protect the user against health and safety risks at work. Examples include eye protection, safety helmets, gloves, ...
Standards and RegulationsHealth and Safety
Disability and the built environment inquiry launched
The accessibility of our homes, buildings and public spaces is set to come under the spotlight as a parliamentary committee launches a public enquiry.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
NBS and open standards for BIM
At NBS we are committed to supporting open standards for BIM. Furthermore, we have been one of the most active organisations in the UK involved in developing these standards and encouraging their ...
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Bamboozled by BIM terminology?
Many people embarking on a BIM project for the first time find the new terminology, number of acronyms, and amount of documents required, quite daunting, confusing and seemingly overly complicated. ...
Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
Carbon management in infrastructure
PAS 2080 is the first publicly available specification in the world that specifically addresses managing carbon in infrastructure.
