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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uniclass
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.
uniclass
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.
NBS Source and Uniclass
This article looks at the benefits of using the Uniclass classification structure when structuring manufacturer product information. It provides an insight into how NBS does this in the NBS Source ...
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.
Uniclass is published digitally in a set of tables, logically structured to support various classification needs for asset management, infrastructure operations, and built environment lifecycle ...
UniclassClassification
What is Uniclass?
What is Uniclass? Uniclass is a unified classification system for the built environment covering all sectors and roles, delivered by NBS.
UniclassClassification
Uniclass and NBS Chorus
The specification libraries in NBS Chorus are structured either by Common Arrangement of Work Sections (CAWS) or Uniclass. Understandably, one of the most common questions that we receive at NBS is ...
Design and SpecificationUniclass
Uniclass 2015 - January 2022 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to seven tables.
UniclassClassification
Uniclass 2015 - October 2021 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to eight tables.
UniclassClassification
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BIM dimensions – 3D, 4D, 5D, 6D BIM explained
What is BIM? BIM is a process for creating and managing information on a construction project, throughout the project’s life cycle. As part of this process, a coordinated digital description of every ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Uniclass 2015 - July 2021 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to eight tables.
UniclassClassification
Uniclass 2015: Your questions answered
In May 2021, NBS hosted two webinars exploring the leading classification, Uniclass 2015, and how it's used across the industry on a range of construction projects. Following the session, several ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
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
Uniclass 2015 - April 2021 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to nine tables.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
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, ...
