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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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.
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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.
Advances in Smart Cities
In January 2016 a research conference was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi on the theme of smart cities.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
The construction industry's inherent inefficiencies have long been documented. Over the course of the last 60 years reviews from Simon, Emmerson, Banwell, Latham, Egan and Wolstenholme have all ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Wood
You'd be hard pressed to find a more enduring construction material than timber. It's (potentially) sustainable, impressively durable and its flexibility and aesthetic qualities have made it a go-to ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
BIM for Construction Health and Safety
BIM for Construction Health and Safety Stefan Mordue and Roland Finch
Digital TransformationBook review
4D Hyperlocal - A cultural toolkit for the open-source city
4D Hyperlocal: A Cultural Toolkit for the Open-Source City Guest edited by Lucy Bullivant
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Regenerative development and design
Regenerative Development and Design Pamela Mang, Ben Haggard, Regenesis
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Design Engineering Refocused
Design Engineering Refocused Hanif Kara, Daniel Bosia
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Digital Property: Open-Source Architecture
Digital Property: Open-Source Architecture Guest Edited by Wendy W Fok and Antoine Picon
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
100 years 100 buildings
100 Years 100 Buildings John Hill
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Designing the rural: A global countryside in flux
Designing the rural: A global countryside in flux Guest Edited by Joshua Bolchover, John Lin and Christiane Lange The rise of the megalopolis has prompted us to yearn for the countryside and ...
