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 takes a look at two of the principal types of natural wastewater treatment systems.
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Eurocode 2 is the new standard for the design of concrete structures. It has been hailed as a robust and rigorous design code, taking a less prescriptive approach to design.
Last year, the Institution of Civil Engineers officially endorsed the New Engineering Contract for all construction work in the UK and overseas.
BS EN 1990, Eurocode: Basis of Structural Design, is the key design code for the structural Eurocodes. Material-independent, it is designed to be used with every Eurocode part for the design of new ...
BFLS Project Architect Robbie Turner and BFLS Director Ian Bogle explain how and why the team decided to integrate the turbines into the building fabric – something that had never been attempted ...
This programme investigates the recent changes to BS 8300 'Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people'. BS 8300:2009 is a full amendment to the 2001 version, and ...
The programme provides an introduction to critical path analysis, including a comparison between 'critical paths' and 'critical chains' as well as the relative merits of Gantt charts. This is followed by a more detailed look at flow charts, giving a clear idea of their actual workings. PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique) and PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) are touched on as project management tools, while the ideas of 'float' and 'contingency' are explained. There is also a brief look at the resourcing of projects and the issue of 'project crashing'.
So often, 'health and safety' is treated as a singular noun, but it's important to think of 'safety' and 'health' as separate issues.
The European Urban Wastewater Treatment directive and other such pieces of legislation have steadily increased the required quality of wastewater discharges.
This programme looks at the requirements, the timetable, and action points to help prepare for yet more legislation!
A government drive to make all new schools 'zero carbon' by 2016 was called into question at the end of 2008, when tests revealed CO2 levels in some new classrooms had exceeded recommended average ...
Approved Inspectors came into existence in 1985. Initially, they provided an alternative model of dwelling approval to that provided by local authorities' Building Inspectors, but since 1998 they ...