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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.

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Sustainable Futures UK Report 2026

Explore the current state of sustainability in the UK construction industry based on the results from a comprehensive survey conducted by NBS.

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    Siderise: Helping to bridge the gap between Gateway 2 approval and on-site fire protection

    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 ...

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    RIBA CPD for Architects: Understanding Flooring Specification and Detailing

    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 ...

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    Designing sustainability into construction – proof over promises in sustainable construction

    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 ...

National BIM Report for Manufacturers 2016

The National BIM Report is the most comprehensive analysis of the state of BIM within the UK construction sector.

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Reduce embodied carbon from the start

Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.

Introducing the NBS National BIM Report for Manufacturers 2016

Change is constant. Over the past five years, the construction sector has embarked on a period of rapid change as it transforms into a truly digital industry, so writes Ian Chapman, Director of the ...

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BIM and the digital revolution

Statistically, it is more than likely that you are reading this article in a digital form, whether online or in a downloaded .pdf. You may have found the article via Twitter, a newsletter or a blog ...

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Origin3 studio and our transition to BIM

Origin3 Studio is a relatively new practice formed in 2011. The ‘BIM transition’ was easier for us than most as we didn’t have to concern ourselves with gradual transitions, so writes Russ Green, ...

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Presenting product information fit for BIM

Architects have been delivering construction information, drawings and specifications for centuries, so why now the focus on the importance of ‘data’? What has changed? The emergence of BIM and VDC ...

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The impact of BIM on product selection throughout the project timeline

Who chooses products? When and how do they do it? David Bain, Research Manager at NBS explores how to put your products at the heart of the project timeline.

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BIM and the manufacturer: Ecoprod

Towards the end of 2014 and into early 2015, the team here at Ecoprod became increasingly aware of the ‘BIM Movement‘, as I like to call it, primarily through our contact with architects and ...

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BIM and the manufacturer: Ideal Standard

Since May 2015, leading UK provider of innovative and design-driven bathroom solutions, Ideal Standard International , has partnered with NBS to host its Building Information Modelling (BIM) objects ...

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BIM and the manufacturer: Bruynzeel Storage Systems

Bruynzeel Storage Systems is a Dutch manufacturing company with sales offices in nine European countries, and more than 30 dealerships worldwide, so writes Andy Duck, the company's Marketing and ...

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BIM and the manufacturer: Twinfix

My first thoughts on hearing about BIM (Building Information Modelling) were: how is this going to work?, so writes Vicky Evans, Managing Director at Twinfix . A great concept in theory, but how will ...

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Meeting the mandate - the Mott MacDonald story

Such is the strength of market forces and competition, there is an unrelenting quest to streamline process, minimise waste and promote effective working to drive positive change in how organisations ...

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