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.
Discover how specification can support BREEAM New Construction V7, with practical guidance from NBS and BRE on assessment requirements, evidence and more sustainable project outcomes.
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 ...
Because of how they are used, kitchens and bathrooms experience more moisture, more contact, and more ongoing maintenance. Standard emulsions are not designed for this level of use. Over time, ...
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 ...
This is a studio interview referencing a number of contracts BUT because of the level of complexity, detail and range, we will only look at some of the headline issues while recommending that people refer to NBS and the documents themselves. This programme will be a potential taster.
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
In November 2013 Dr Stephen Hamil, Director of Design and Innovation at NBS, chaired the annual Institution of Mechanical Engineers conference on BIM. Stephen gave a pragmatic look at BIM examining ...
The UK Government estimates that 2.2 million people work in construction – the country's biggest sector – and unfortunately, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), it's also responsible ...
When Adjudication was first introduced, it was seen as a low cost, quick fix method of resolving construction disputes. However, over the 17 years since its introduction, it has developed its own ...
When Adjudication was first introduced, it was seen as a low cost, quick fix method of resolving construction disputes. However, over the 17 years since its introduction, it has developed its own ...
The programme speaks to a number of architects about their anecdotes and advice about dealing with or moving to China.
This programme will be of benefit to architects, structural engineers, project managers and construction specialists who wish to understand how concrete can be used on walls, columns, slabs and ...
"It's a wonderful design" - Sir Ian McKellan
The 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, by architect Sou Fujimoto, is a metallic mesh of 27,000 bits of steel joined together to give the impression of a light, cloud-like structure.
The Scale Lane swing bridge over the River Hull opened to the public in July, the result of a 2007 design competition won by London-based architects McDowell+Benedetti, engineer Alan Baxter ...
The government's Strategy for Sustainable Construction (published in June 2008) aims to reduce waste from construction, demolition and excavation (“CD & E” waste) to 50% of 2008 figures by 2012. ...
What constitutes a breach of planning control and how are they remedied? In this programme planning lawyer Linda Russell guides us through the topic looking at the concept of lawful development and ...