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.
Explore the current state of sustainability in the UK construction industry based on the results from a comprehensive survey conducted by NBS.
While the new building safety regime hasn’t fundamentally changed what requirements higher-risk buildings (HRBs) must meet to comply with the Building Regulations, it has significantly increased the ...
For architects and specifiers, flooring details can have a significant impact on the safety, accessibility, durability and overall performance of a building. Yet the technical considerations ...
With tightening regulations and growing client demand, the construction industry is under increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable progress against carbon reduction targets. For specifiers, that ...
This programme looks at the various ways of subduing noise in buildings.
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
This programme takes a look at 'Health and wellbeing' – Category 7 in the Code for Sustainable Homes. This category is formed of four parts – daylighting, sound insulation, private space (gardens, patios, etc), and lifetime homes – all of which are explained in the context of Code for Sustainable Homes credits.
Four classic cases including Reinwood v L Brown and Sons (2008), Henry Boot Construction v Alstom Combined Cycles (2000), Independent Broadcasting Authority v Emi Electronics (1980), Victoria ...
Commercial property landlords have a duty to maintain, repair and keep in good working order the common parts of the premises. The cost of meeting this obligation is recovered by the landlord through ...
The London Development Agency (LDA) and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have launched a new, mapped database of London's brownfield land called The London Brownfield Sites Database (LBSD).
RICS damp expert Stephen Boniface defines the commonly accepted definition of rising damp before both he and fellow guest, Jeff Howell, claim ‘true’ rising damp doesn’t exist.
On Friday 16 September, NBS held its first BIM conference in conjunction with NLA at The Building Centre in London. This special event brought more than 200 construction professionals together to ...
Inspiring BIM presentation from RIBA Construction Strategy Group chair Paul Fletcher. To many, Paul was the star performer of the NBS BIM Conference. Tweet of the day of the day was
This programme takes an in-depth look at three classic cases in law - Donoghue v Stevenson (1932), Hedley Byrne v Heller (1964) and Murphy v Brentwood District Council (1991) - that have a direct ...
The programme places BIM in its context as a technical response to attempts to increase coordination in architectural design, outlining the JCT's recent 'Constructing Excellence Contract' and ...
BS EN 1991, Eurocode 1: Actions on Structures provides information and guidance on all the actions that it's usually necessary to consider in the design of buildings and civil engineering structures. ...
This programme looks at the ways of incorporating photovoltaics into buildings and discusses the wider implications with regard to embodied energy – and economics.