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.
Must Reads
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.
Uniclass 2015 - January 2021 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes some major 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.
We aim to minimize changes to existing codes and classifications, but we always take feedback from users into account. Any changes are the result of this input, combined with our own ongoing review.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
The adoption of Uniclass 2015 in Australia
Introduction from NBS Since the launch of Uniclass 2015, we at NBS have been delighted with its adoption by industry. We have updated the system quarterly now for the last five years, and have ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Uniclass 2015 - July 2020 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to eight tables.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Uniclass 2015 - April 2020 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015. It includes updates to five tables.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Uniclass 2015 - January 2020 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015, and includes updates to ten tables.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
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Uniclass 2015 - October 2019 update
This is the latest in our quarterly updating programme for Uniclass 2015, and includes updates to seven tables.
Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations
Specifications and classification
One of the questions most commonly asked of NBS is what the differences are between structuring specifications by Common Arrangement of Work Sections (CAWS) and Uniclass 2015.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
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
Technology in the built environment
The utilisation of 3D authoring tools enables us to be adaptive to project needs and typology. Such tools are able to hold classification data (such as Uniclass and IFC). They can communicate with ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
BIM Development: Technology in the Built Environment
Earlier this year, we were offered the opportunity to present at the Discover NBS events in Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne. The suggested theme of the presentation was our digital strategy. We ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Uniclass 2015 - April 2019 update
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.
