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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.

Sustainability

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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  • Construction Products

    Visqueen launches Ultimate Self Adhesive Membrane for hydrocarbon and VOC-contaminated sites

    The construction industry faces growing challenges when building on increasingly complex brownfield sites. Alongside the need for effective waterproofing, developers and contractors must now address ...

  • Construction Products

    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 ...

  • RIBA CPD

    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 ...

Starting out in practice: Social media monitoring

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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.

Starting out in practice: Developing a website

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Starting out in practice: Telecoms and VOIP

If you’ve ever contemplated setting up your own business then this new series could be just what you need to get the cogs turning. In the coming weeks we’ll be exploring all aspects of going it alone ...

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Starting out in practice: Digital storage

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Starting out in practice: Hardware and software

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Starting out in practice: Premises

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Starting out in practice: The business case

If you’ve ever contemplated setting up your own business then this new series could be just what you need to get the cogs turning. In the coming weeks we’ll be exploring all aspects of going it alone ...

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Starting out in practice: The proposition

At the start of 2015 there were a record 5.4 million private sector businesses in the UK according to the government – up 146,000 on the previous year, and almost two million more than at the turn of ...

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